Dupaninan Agta
[aka Eastern Cagayan Agta, Dupaningan Agta, Agta, Dupaninan]Classification: Austronesian
·threatened
- DATE OF INFO
- 2006
- TRANSMISSION
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- MORE ON VITALITY
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"The language is endangered, as it is beginning to lose child speakers... Of the roughly thirty-five communities where Dupaningan Agta people live, the language is no longer learned by children in five... Even in places where children know Dupaningan, those children often reply in Ilokano when spoken to in Dupaningan... without drastic change, the Dupaningan Agta language will die out within the next few generations."
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Ilokano
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Tagalog
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English
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
"Every Dupaningan speaker is completely bilingual in Ilokano."
- Scripts (Writing system)
- Yes
- More on Orthography
"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."
- PLACES
- 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."