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ALSO KNOWN AS		Southern Alta, Kabuluen, Kabuluwan, Kabuluwen, "Baluga", "Kabalat", Pugot
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Northern Luzon, Meso-Cordilleran, Philippine Negrito
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3; Glottolog
LANGUAGE CODE		agy; sout2905
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Information from: “Southern Alta (Kabulowan) (Philippines) - Language Snapshot” . Marvin Maximo Abreu (2020) , Peter K. Austin · ELPublishing

Severely endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~400-500; 400 (Headland, 2010)
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2010

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

One community reported only 60% of Kabulowan families speak the language at home.

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

The Kabulowan are multilingual. Elders have considerable knowledge of their language, beliefs, customs, and traditions, but language attrition is accelerating due to intermarriage, changes in lifestyle, political and cultural repression, and use of Tagalog.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Tagalog
Bulos (Umiray Dumaget)
Edimala (Northern Alta)
Bulacan (Tagalog dialect)
Nueva Ecija (Tagalog dialect)

PLACES: The Kabulowan live along river tributaries in the Sierra Madre mountains in the northern Philippines. This particularly includes the municipalities of Dona Remedios Trinidad in Bulacan, General Tinio and Gabaldon in Nueva Ecija, and San Luis in Aurora on Luzon Island..

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Philippines

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Quezon Province coastal areas, east Nueva Ecija, Sierra Madre, San Miguel town; Bulacan Province, a large community in remote San Miguel. North of the Umiray Dumaget

ISSN: 1740-6234	Language Snapshots	December		2020	Southern Alta (Kabulowan) (Philippines) - Language Snapshot	Peter K. Austin	ELPublishing	Language Documentation and Description	19		http://www.elpublishing.org/docs/1/19/ldd19_03.pdf	Marvin Maximo Abreu	Abreu, Marvin Maximo. 2020. Southern Alta (Kabulowan) (Philippines) - Language SnapshotLanguage Documentation and Description 19, 17-25. http://www.elpublishing.org/PID/205		~400-500; 400 (Headland, 2010)	2010	100-999	Tagalog, Bulos (Umiray Dumaget), Edimala (Northern Alta), Bulacan (Tagalog dialect), Nueva Ecija (Tagalog dialect)	The Kabulowan are multilingual. Elders have considerable knowledge of their language, beliefs, customs, and traditions, but language attrition is accelerating due to intermarriage, changes in lifestyle, political and cultural repression, and use of Tagalog.	Severely Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	13	One community reported only 60% of Kabulowan families speak the language at home.	14	13	The Kabulowan live along river tributaries in the Sierra Madre mountains in the northern Philippines. This particularly includes the municipalities of Dona Remedios Trinidad in Bulacan, General Tinio and Gabaldon in Nueva Ecija, and San Luis in Aurora on Luzon Island..		15.0149,121.1540; 15.3189,121.1857; 15.3010,121.1443
					Glottolog						http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/		"Glottolog." Online: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/.														15.18, 121.05
			16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	M. Paul Lewis	SIL International			Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	1,000		100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Philippines	Quezon Province coastal areas, east Nueva Ecija, Sierra Madre, San Miguel town; Bulacan Province, a large community in remote San Miguel. North of the Umiray Dumaget

Kabulowan

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~400-500; 400 (Headland, 2010)

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000

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