Ata language (Negros) explained

Ata language (Negros) should not be confused with Ata Manobo language.

Ata
States:Philippines
Region:Negros Island
Extinct:(3–4 elderly speakers reported in 2013)
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam4:Central Philippine
Fam5:(unclassified)
Iso3:atm
Glotto:ataa1240
Glottorefname:Ata

Ata is a nearly extinct Philippine Negrito language spoken in Negros Island in the Visayas region of the Philippines.

As of 2013, Ata was reportedly spoken by no more than three or four elderly individuals in northern Negros Island, Philippines, although two of those died in 2021.

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