Endangered Languages Project - Isarog Agta

Isarog Agta

^{[aka Bikol,]}

Classification: Austronesian

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critically endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Bikol
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Bikol
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		agk
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number information: (2000 S. Wurm); Ethnic population data: (1984 SIL)

PLACES: Philippines;

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10-99
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number: "a few"

DATE OF INFO: 1984

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Receded from pressure from the large Bicolano language.
More on Orthography: No literacy in it.

PLACES: Philippines

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken on Mt Isarog, northeast of Naga City, Bicol Province, southeastern Luzon.

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5
Native speakers worldwide

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing