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Antsi language

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Antsi
Mag-antsi
Native toPhilippines
RegionZambales, Tarlac, Mabalacat, Angeles City
Native speakers
4,200 (2005)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3sgb
Glottologmaga1263

The Antsi (Anchi) language or Mag-antsi (also Mag-Anchi Ayta) is a Sambalic language with around 4,200 speakers.[1] It is spoken within Philippine Aeta communities in the Zambal municipalities of Botolan, San Marcelino, and Castillejos; in the Tarlaqueño municipalities of Capas and Bamban; in Mabalacat, Pampanga; and in Angeles City. The use of the language is declining as its speakers are shifting to Kapampangan or Ilocano. The language is mutually intelligible with Mag-Indi Ayta (77%) and Ambala Ayta (65%).[2]

Phonology

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Consonants[3]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t c k ʔ
voiced b d ɡ
Nasal m n ŋ
Fricative s h
Lateral l
Rhotic ɾ
Approximant w j
Vowels[3]
Front Central Back
Close i ɨ u
Mid e o
Open a

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Storck & Storck (2005).
  2. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2022). "Ayta, Mag-antsi". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (Twenty-fifth ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b Kitano & Pangilinan (2003), p. 172.

Further reading

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  • Kitano, Hiroaki; Pangilinan, Michael Raymon Manaloto (2003). "Overview of Aita Mag-Anchi in Central Luzon, Philippines: A Preliminary Grammatical Analysis". Descriptive Theoretical Studies in Minority Languages of East and Southeast Asia 3. Tokyo: ELPR. pp. 169–223. hdl:10108/75449.
  • Storck, Margaret; Storck, Kurt (2005). Ayta Mag-Antsi–English Dictionary. Manila: Summer Institute of Linguistics, Philippines.
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