Did you know Casiguran Dumagat Agta is threatened?

ALSO KNOWN AS		Dumagat (Casiguran), Agta (Casiguran Dumagat), Casiguran Dumagat, Casiguran, Baler Dumagat, Agta
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Northern Luzon, Northeastern Luzon
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		dgc
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Information from: “Thirty Endangered Languages in the Philippines” . Thomas N. Headland (2003)

Threatened

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~600
Native speakers worldwide

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SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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While children usually speak Agta, Increases in the number of community members marrying outside the community has decreased inter-generational transmission. With such low speaker numbers a 40%% intermarriage rate, where children of Agta speakers don't speak Agta, is considered significant by Headland.

PLACES: Philppines

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: The Casiguran Agta people live in the foothills and seacoast of the Sierra Madre near the town of Casiguran, Aurora Province.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
610
Native speakers worldwide
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(T. Headland)

DATE OF INFO: 2000

PLACES: Philippines

					2003	Thirty Endangered Languages in the Philippines							Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session	47							Thomas N. Headland	Headland, Thomas N. 2003. "Thirty Endangered Languages in the Philippines." In Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, 47:	HHOLD					~600		100-999													Threatened (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11		While children usually speak Agta, Increases in the number of community members marrying outside the community has decreased inter-generational transmission. With such low speaker numbers a 40%% intermarriage rate, where children of Agta speakers don't speak Agta, is considered significant by Headland.	13	11			Philppines	The Casiguran Agta people live in the foothills and seacoast of the Sierra Madre near the town of Casiguran, Aurora Province.	16.227, 122.063
			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					610	2000	100-999	(T. Headland)												Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)								Philippines

Casiguran Dumagat Agta

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Threatened

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~600

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

610

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