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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.

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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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:
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Writing Systems

Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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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."

Community Members