| Katabangan | |
|---|---|
| Catanauanin | |
| Katabangan | |
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Bondoc Peninsula |
| Ethnicity | Katabangan |
| Extinct | (date missing)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ktq |
ktq.html | |
| Glottolog | kata1268 |
Katabangan (Catanauan "Ayta", also calledCatanauanin) is an extinctAeta language that was spoken in theBondoc Peninsula ofQuezon Province, southern Luzon in thePhilippines. It is misspelledKatabaga inEthnologue.
The Katabangan have completely switched toFilipino.Katabangan is also used by some people in the Bikol Region to refer to mixed-blood Agta. Zubiri believes it is likely related toInagta Alabat and to theManide of western and centralCamarines Norte.[2]
The language was originally listed by Garvan (1963: 8).[3]Katabaga is in fact a misspelling ofKatabangan, the name that the people use to refer to themselves. Some people in the Bikol Region also use the termKatabangan to refer to mixed-blood Agta in the region. Lobel (2013: 92) reports from a 2006 visit that the Katabangan speak only Tagalog. According to Lobel (2013), based on its present-day location, if the Katabangan did in fact once have their own language, it could possibly have been related to Inagta Alabat (seeInagta Alabat language) andManide.
Louward Allen Zubiri reports that there are 670 individuals in the Katabangan community. The community was granted an ancestral domain title by the government of the Philippines in 2015. There are also families living inMulanay,Gumaca,Lopez, andAlabat.[2]
Zubiri compares a few Katabangan lexical items remembered by elders and notes clear similarities withInagta Alabat andManide.[2]
| gloss | Katabangan | Inagta Alabat | Manide |
|---|---|---|---|
| many | duyaan | maubya | kaulaan |
| rain | games | gemes | gemes |
| tomorrow | gumaak | gumaak | gumaak |
| to go | pataun | pataun | pataun |
