Also Known As:
Eastern Cagayan Agta, Dupaningan Agta, Agta, Dupaninan
Dialects & Varieties
- Peñablanca
- Roso
- Bolos Point
- Valley Cove
- Yaga
- Santa Margarita
- Camonayan
- Tanglagan
- Palaui Island
- Santa Ana-Gonzaga
- Barongagunay
Dupaningan Agta: grammar, vocabulary, and texts
Laura C. Robinson. Dupaningan Agta: Grammar, Vocabulary, and Texts. PhD thesis, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 2008. Online: http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/20681.
Threatened
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~1,400
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 2
Most adults in the community are speakers, but children generally are not.
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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"Every Dupaningan speaker is completely bilingual in Ilokano."
Location and Context
Countries
Philippines
Location Description
"Dupaningan Agta is spoken on the northeastern coast of the island of Luzon, from Santa Ana in the north to Maconacon in the south... Dupaningan is spoken in some thirty-five scattered communities."
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Ilokano, Tagalog, English
Number of Other Language Speakers:
All
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
Yes
Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
"SIL in Bolos Point has taught a handful of Dupaningan to read and write in their own language, and these people in turn have taught much of the rest of the community, so that Bolos Point has the highest literacy rate of any Dupaningan Agta community."
Recent Resources
This dissertation introduces the language situation and discusses phonology (synchronic and historic