Agta, Casiguran Dumagat

DGC

developing

Alternate Names: Casiguran Dumagat

Dialects: None known. Intelligibility: 83% of Paranan ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Philippine
Northern Luzon
Northern Cordilleran
Northeastern Luzon
Northern

Demographics: 610 (Headland 1989).

Language Use: All ages. Also use Filipino [fil]. Used as L2 by Arta [atz].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 2%. Literacy rate in L2: 2%. Dictionary. NT: 1979.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Philippines

Other Comments: Negrito. Pressure from Filipino homesteaders moving into the area. Traditional lands now used by homesteaders for agriculture.