Aeta languages

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The Aeta languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken by the indigenous Aeta (Negrito) communities in various regions of the Philippines.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Aeta languages canonical 2
Atta languages 1
Ayta languages 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian languages
language group
arealFeature contact with neighboring Philippine languages
arealGroup Northern Philippines languages
arealInfluenceFrom Bikol languages
Ilocano
linked to: Ilocano language

Kapampangan
Sambalic languages
Tagalog
classificationNote often treated as separate languages rather than dialects
continent Asia
country Philippines
endangermentCause assimilation into surrounding non-Aeta populations
shift to majority Philippine languages
ethnicity Aeta
linked to: Aeta people
include Ambala Ayta
linked to: Ayta

Ayta Abellen
Ayta Mag-anchi
linked to: Ayta Mag-antsi

Ayta Magbukun
Mag-antsi Ayta
linked to: Ayta Mag-antsi

Mag-indi Ayta
linked to: Ayta Mag-Indi

Mariveleño
Sorsogon Ayta
languageFamily Austronesian
languageShiftTo Ilocano
Kapampangan
Tagalog
macroarea Papunesia
morphology focus system typical of Philippine-type languages
phonologicalFeature rich consonant inventories
population small and scattered speech communities
region Central Luzon
Luzon
Northern Philippines
relatedTo other Philippine Negrito-associated Austronesian varieties
sociolinguisticSituation bilingualism with dominant regional languages
spokenBy Aeta people
Negrito communities
spokenIn Philippines
status endangered
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
subgroup Philippine subgroup of Austronesian
typology agglutinative
wordOrder VOS
VSO
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inagta Rinconada language partOf Aeta languages
Ibanag language hasCloseRelation Atta languages
linked to: Aeta languages
Central Luzon languages hasMajorLanguage Ayta languages
linked to: Aeta languages
Ayta languageFamily Aeta languages