Atta language explained

Atta
States:	Philippines
Region:	Luzon
Ethnicity:	Aeta
Date:	1998–2000
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Austronesian
Fam2:	Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:	Philippine
Fam4:	Northern Luzon
Fam5:	Cagayan Valley
Fam6:	Ibanagic
Lc1:	azt
Ld1:	Faire Atta
Lc2:	att
Ld2:	Pamplona Atta
Lc3:	atp
Ld3:	Pudtol Atta
Lc4:	dyg
Ld4:	Villa Viciosa Agta^† (?)
Glotto:	atta1244
Glottorefname:	Atta
Elp:	2836
Elpname:	Faire Atta

Atta is an Austronesian dialect cluster spoken by the Aeta (Agta) Negritos of the northern Philippines.

Varieties

There are three varieties according to Ethnologue.

• 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

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.^[1]

• Minanga, Peñablanca, Cagayan
• Conyan, Minanga, Peñablanca, Cagayan
• Sapinit, Maconacon, Isabela
• Makagaw (Dupaninan), Cagayan

Notes and References

1. 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.