Atta is an
Austronesian dialect cluster
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spoken by the
Aeta (Agta)
Negrito
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s of the northern Philippines.
Varieties
There are three varieties according to ''
Ethnologue
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''.
*Faire Atta (Southern Atta): spoken near Faire,
Rizal, Cagayan
*Pamplona Atta (Northern Cagayan Negrito): spoken in
Pamplona, Cagayan; similar to northern
Ibanag
*Pudtol Atta: spoken in
Pudtol, Apayao, and the
Abulog river area south of
Pamplona
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Villa Viciosa Atta, supposed once spoken in
Villaviciosa, Abra, is presumed to be related, but is unattested.
Reid (1994) also reports the following locations for Southern Cagayan Agta.
[Reid, Lawrence A. 1994. "Possible Non-Austronesian Lexical Elements in Philippine Negrito Languages." In ''Oceanic Linguistics'', Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jun. 1994), pp. 37-72.]
*Minanga,
Peñablanca, Cagayan
*Conyan, Minanga,
Peñablanca, Cagayan
*Sapinit,
Maconacon, Isabela
*Makagaw (Dupaninan), Cagayan
References
Aeta languages
Languages of Cagayan
Languages of Apayao
Cagayan Valley languages
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