Mariveleño (also known as Magbikin, Bataan Ayta, or Magbukun Ayta) is a Sambalic language. It has around 500 speakers (Wurm 2000) and is spoken within an

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community in

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in the

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Reid (1994) reports the following Magbikin locations. *Kanáwon,

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*Bayanbayanan, Magbikin,

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Himes (2012: 491) also collected Magbukun data from the two locations of: *Biaan,

*Canawan,

Cabanding (2014), citing Neil (2012), reports the following Magbukon locations in

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. *Dangcol,

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*Kinaragan,

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*Kanawan,

*Pita, Bayan-bayanan in

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*Pag-asa,

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*Ulingan, Matanglaw, and Magduhat (all in

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) *Sitio Luoban in

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*Bangkal in

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References

*Cabanding, Monica. 2014
The Deictic Demonstratives of Ayta Magbukun
''The Philippines ESL Journal'', vol. 13. *Neil, David R. 2012. ''An ethnographic study of the Magbukon literary arts among the Ayta of Bataan''. Abucay, Bataan: Bataan Peninsula State University. *Neil, David R. 2014
The Magbukon Literary Arts among the Aetas of Bataan, Philippines
''IAMURE International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research'', Vol. 11 No. 1 October 2014. (Online)

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