LANGUAGE CAPSULES

A section for endangered Philippine languages where each language capsule contains information about the language identity, history of both the language and its speakers, materials on the languages, and the reasons behind their endangerment.

The Katig Collective

2 min

Adasen

Adasen [tiu] is a threatened language (EGIDS 6b) spoken by the Adasen people in the Cordillera Administrative Region, specifically in...

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The Katig Collective

2 min

Agta, Dicamay

The Negrito population that once resided along the Dicamay River to the west of Sierra Madre near Jones, Isabela spoke Agta, Dicamay...

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The Katig Collective

2 min

Agta, Katubung

Agta, Katubung [agk], also known by the names Agta, Inagta Partido, and Isarog Agta, is commonly called Katubungi by its native speakers...

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The Katig Collective

2 min

Agta, Mt. Iriga

Agta, Mt. Iriga [agz], with alternate names Rinconada Agta; Agta, Lake Buhi West; Mount Iriga Negrito; and San Ramon Inagta, is a Central...

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The Katig Collective

2 min

Alta, Northern

Alta, Northern [aqn] is a Meso-Cordilleran language primarily spoken by Negritos in the province of Aurora (Reid, 1994). According to...

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The Katig Collective

3 min

Ata

Ata [atm], a Central Philippine language, is spoken by three or four people in the remote upland areas of Mabinay and Bais, Negros...

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The Katig Collective

2 min

I-wak

I-wak [iwk] is a threatened language (EGIDS 6b*) (Eberhard et al., 2022) used in several, dispersed communities in the Cordillera...

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The Katig Collective

3 min

Isinay

Isinay [inn] is a Central Cordilleran language spoken in the municipalities of Aritao, Bambang, and Dupax del Sur in Nueva Vizcaya. With...

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The Katig Collective

2 min

Kalagan, Kagan

Kalagan, Kagan [kll] is a Western Mansakan language used near Digos City in Davao del Sur (Eberhard et al., 2022). It is considered...

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The Katig Collective

2 min

Tagbanwa, Central

Tagbanwa, Central [tgt] is one of the three Tagbanwa languages spoken in Palawan. Its users are found in the northwestern part of the...

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