Inagta Rinconada (Mount Iriga Agta) is a
Bikol language spoken by a semi-nomadic hunter-gatherer
Agta
The Aeta (Ayta ), Agta, or Dumagat, are collective terms for several Filipino indigenous peoples who live in various parts of the island of Luzon in the Philippines. They are considered to be part of the Negrito ethnic groups and share common ...
(
Negrito) people of the
Philippines. It is spoken to the east of
Iriga City up to the shores of
Lake Buhi
Lake Buhi is a lake found in Buhi, Camarines Sur in the Philippines. It has an area of and has an average depth of . The lake lies in the valley formed by two ancient volcanoes, Mount Iriga (also known as ''Mount Asog'') and Mount Malinao. It wa ...
. The language is largely intelligible with
Mount Iraya Agta
Mount Iraya Agta is a Bikol language spoken by a semi-nomadic hunter-gatherer Agta (Negrito) people of the Philippines, east of Lake Buhi in Luzon. It is mutually intelligible with Mount Iriga Agta on the other side of the lake.
As of 2013, the M ...
on the other side of the lake.
The Rinconada Agta live primarily in forests near rural barangays of
Buhi,
Iriga (including a settlement in the Ilian area), and
Baao in
Camarines Sur (Lobel 2013:68).
Locations
Reid (1994)
also reports a closely related variety called Rugnot spoken in the area of Lake Buhi, Camarines Sur. Inagta locations listed by Reid (1994) are as follows.
*Santa Niño, Hayagan, and Santa Cruz, Ipil, Buhi, Camarines Sur
*San Augustine, Buhi, Camarines Sur; SIL
*San Ramon, Lake Buhi, Camarines Sur; SIL
References
Bikol languages
Languages of Camarines Sur
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