Ata is a nearly extinct Philippine Negrito language spoken in Negros Island in the Visayas region of the Philippines.

Ata
Native toPhilippines
RegionNegros Island
Extinct(3–4 elderly speakers reported in 2013)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3atm
Glottologataa1240
ELPAta

As of 2013, Ata was reportedly spoken by no more than three or four elderly individuals in northern Negros Island, Philippines,[1] although two of those died in 2021.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Lobel (2013), p. 85

References

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  • Lobel, Jason William (2013). Philippine and North Bornean Languages: Issues in Description, Subgrouping, and Reconstruction (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). University of Hawaii at Manoa.