Endangered Languages Project - Faire Atta

Faire Atta

^{[aka Southern Atta,]}

Classification: Austronesian

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Southern Atta
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Northern Luzon, Cagayan Valley
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		azt
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Australia and the Pacific” (424-557) . Stephen A Wurm (2007) Routledge

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
400-550
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1981

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: The speakers are largely bilingual in the large Ibanag language and the Atta Pamplona language next to them. The numbers are decreasing. Literacy work is said to be needed.
More on Orthography: Literacy work is said to be needed.

PLACES: Philippines

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Extreme central north of the head portion of Luzon, southwest of Pamplona, Cagayan Province.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide

300
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
600
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from S. Wurm (2000).

PLACES: Philippines;

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