Northern Alta
[aka Edimala, Baler Negrito, Ditaylin Alta]Classification: Austronesian
·endangered
- DATE OF INFO
- 1993
- SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
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- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Tagalog
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
It is not closely related to other local languages. In 1992, there were 240 speakers, but they seem to be decreasing under pressure from Tagalog.
- More on Orthography
No literacy in it.
- PLACES
- Philippines
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Eastern part of the wide neck section of Luzon which is north of Manila, in Aurora Province, to the west of Baler, and well northeast of Cabanatuan.