Agta, Umiray Dumaget

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Umiray Agta, Umirey Dumagat

Population

3,000 (1994 SIL), decreasing.

Location

Luzon, Quezon Province.

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Anglat Agta, Polillo Island Agta.

Language Use

Some parents passing the language on to children. All domains. Mostly adults. Neutral attitudes. Most also use Filipino [fil] or Ilocano [ilo].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–10%. NT: 1977.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.