Ati language (Philippines) explained

Ati
Nativename:Inati
States:Philippines
Region:Panay
Ethnicity:Ati people
Speakers:1,500
Date:1980
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Iso3:atk
Glotto:atii1237
Glottorefname:Ati

Ati (Inati), or Binisaya nga Inati, is an Austronesian language of the island of Panay in the Philippines. The variety spoken in northern Panay is also called Sogodnin. The Ati people also speak Kinaray-a and Hiligaynon.

Classification

and consider Inati to be an isolate within the Philippine languages. It differs markedly from the Visayan languages and has many features not found in the Central Philippine languages.

Inati shows some unique sound changes.

Distribution and dialects

lists the following Ati communities in the Philippines, with populations given in parentheses:

Odiongan and Calatrava on Tablas Island, and San Jose on Carabao Island (unknown population size)

lists the following locations:

reports that Sogodnin is spoken by a few remaining speakers in Cogon, Malay (whose ancestors had moved from interior Sabang to Bakirohan to Cogon), and on Carabao and Boracay islands.

Ethnologue reports two dialects for Ati:[1]

Malay (not to be confused with Malay, Malaysia.) and Barotac Viejo Nagpana. Ethnologue states that Barotac Viejo Nagpana is the prestige dialect.

Phonology

Consonants!!Labial!Alveolar!Palatal!Velar!Glottal
Plosivepronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/(pronounced as /link/) (pronounced as /link/)pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricativepronounced as /link/(pronounced as /link/)(pronounced as /link/)
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/, (pronounced as /link/)pronounced as /link/
Vowels!!Front!Central!Back
Highpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Lowpronounced as /link/

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Notes and References

  1. [ethnologue:atk|Ati]