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Agta, Dupaninan

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3: duo

Population	1,200 (1986 SIL). Ethnic population: 1,500 (2007 L. Reid).
Region	Northeast Luzon, from below Divilacan Bay in the south to Palaui Island in the north.
Language map	Northern Philippines, reference number 12
Alternate names	Eastern Cagayan Agta, Dupaningan Agta
Dialects	Yaga, Tanglagan, Santa Ana-Gonzaga, Barongagunay, Palaui Island, Camonayan, Valley Cove, Bolos Point, Peñablanca, Roso (Southeast Cagayan), Santa Margarita. Intelligibility of Yaga dialect 83%. Yaga and Central Cagayan Agta [agt] are 63% intelligible. Lexical similarity: 51% between Central Cagayan Agta and Tanglagan dialect, 66% between Yaga and Central Cagayan Agta.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Northern Luzon, Northern Cordilleran, Northeastern Luzon, Northern
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 1%. NT: 2001.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Hunter-gatherers.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

HEADLAND, Thomas N., author. 2003. Thirty endangered languages in the Philippines.  

NICKELL, Thomas L., author. 1985. "A partial stratificational analysis of Eastern Cagayan Agta language."

NICKELL, Tom, author. n.d.. Eastern Cagayan Agta morphophonemics.

NICKELL, Tom, author. n.d.. Eastern Cagayan Agta phonemics.

Vernacular Publications

Alpabeto 1 2 3. 1995.

Balasang Aran. 2001.  

Boyboy na Agta. 1997.

I mapalungo a mabasa. 1995.

Magadal kitam a magkuenta. 1999.

Panya tam maadya i saket a tibi. 2000.