Endangered Languages Project - Northern Alta

Northern Alta

^{[aka Edimala, Baler Negrito, Ditaylin Alta]}

Classification: Austronesian

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Edimala, Baler Negrito, Ditaylin Alta, Ditaylin Dumagat, Alta, Northern
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Northern Luzon, Meso-Cordilleran
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		aqn
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Australia and the Pacific” (424-557) . Stephen A Wurm (2007) Routledge

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
240
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1993

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: It is not closely related to other local languages. In 1992, there were 240 speakers, but they seem to be decreasing under pressure from Tagalog.
More on Orthography: No literacy in it.

PLACES: Philippines

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Eastern part of the wide neck section of Luzon which is north of Manila, in Aurora Province, to the west of Baler, and well northeast of Cabanatuan.

200
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
400
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from S. Wurm (2000).

PLACES: Philippines;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide

LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

15.7162,121.4085

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Information from: “Australia and the Pacific” (424-557) . Stephen A Wurm (2007) Routledge