The Katig Collective

The Katig Collective is an initiative that seeks to advance the linguistic rights of Philippine ethnolinguistic groups.

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𝐀𝐭𝐚

Ata [atm], a Central Philippine language, is spoken by three or four people in the remote upland areas of Mabinay and Bais, Negros Oriental.

Read more about the language and population estimates here: https://t.co/vdZODdyoxu

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𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐚, 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧

Alta, Northern [aqn] is classified as threatened (EGIDS 6b) in Ethnologue, meaning that it is used for communication within all generations but is losing speakers (Eberhard et al., 2022).

Read more: https://t.co/87XlmQBsYP

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Let the home, the classrooms, and our communities be safe spaces that encourage and nurture one’s own mother tongue. Asserting rights to our own languages is a crucial form of insisting on self-determination.

𝗠𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲. 𝗠𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿.

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𝐀𝐠𝐭𝐚, 𝐌𝐭. 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐚

Agta, Mt. Iriga [agz] is a Central Philippine language spoken by communities in three southern towns of Camarines Sur.

Read more about the language here: https://t.co/lAKDPOrc3w

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𝐀𝐠𝐭𝐚, 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐠
Agta, Katubung [agk], also known by the names Agta, Inagta Partido, and Isarog Agta, is commonly called Katubungi by its native speakers.

Read more about the language here: https://t.co/b9tQgB9ymi

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𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐧
Adasen [tiu] is a threatened language (EGIDS 6b) spoken by the Adasen people in the Cordillera Administrative Region, specifically in northeastern Abra and western Apayao.

Read more about the language here: https://t.co/C5K5XzmTmR

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𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗱
Yogad [yog] belongs to the Ibanagic subgroup of the North Cordilleran languages.

Read more about the language here: https://t.co/lIbqRgwaaP

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𝗧𝗮𝗱𝘆𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗻
There is not much research done on Tadyawan that can serve as a basis to identify the actual causes of language endangerment. However, like other Mangyan people, they deal with issues concerning their land and socioeconomic situation. https://t.co/ltDSJWVED2

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𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗹
Read more about the language here: https://t.co/AsPXJYzp0i

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𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗻
The Ratagnon [btn] language is spoken in some parts of the MIMAROPA region, particularly in the southern tips of Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro.
Read more about the language here: https://t.co/B7KS0ZG9pe

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𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗱𝗲
Manide [abd] is a threatened language spoken by communities in parts of Camarines Norte, western Camarines Sur, and in the areas of Calauag and Lopez in eastern Quezon (Lobel, 2010).
Read more about the language here: https://t.co/yquUlJTbv7

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𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗻
Kalagan [kqe] is a threatened language spoken in Davao del Norte, Davao de Oro (Compostela Valley), Davao Oriental, and Davao del Sur in Davao Region, as well as in Cotabato in SOCCSKSARGEN.

Read about the language here: https://t.co/99U3YrWlLf

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𝗘𝘀𝗸𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻
Eskayan [esy] is considered dormant (EGIDS 9), a language that only “serves as a reminder of heritage identity for an ethnic community, but no one has more than symbolic proficiency” (Eberhard et al., n.d.)

Read more here: https://t.co/rxJg1Hhshh

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𝗗𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘁, 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗼
Dumagat, Remontado [agv] is now confined to two sitios in Tanay, Rizal, and three areas in General Nakar, Quezon.

Read more about the plight of the Dumagat-Remontados here: https://t.co/G92QEuabFf

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𝗕𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗻
Ethnologue classified Butuanon [btw] as shifting, meaning it is spoken only by the parent generation and is no longer transmitted to their children (Eberhard et al., 2022).

Read more about the language and revitalization efforts here: https://t.co/P513XH2EMW

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𝗕𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗼

The decline in the number of Bolinao [smk] users is propelled by intermarriage, community relations, and usage of Filipino [fil] in various domains.

Read more about Bolinao scholarly works and online initiatives here: https://t.co/eSyXcbvHzc

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𝗕𝗼𝗴𝗸𝗮𝗹𝗼𝘁
Bogkalot [ilk] is continuously losing speakers in more than half of the villages in Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya (Gonzales, 2016, as cited in Eberhard et al., 2022).

Visit this link for a list of resources on Bogkalot: https://t.co/wCsjgUuKph

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𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗸
The causes of the language's endangerment are closely related to its people's experiences in recent times. Read more about the Batak language and people here: https://t.co/Z69fjxJaSZ

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𝗕𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗯𝗼-𝗞𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗮
The Bagobo-Klata’s [bgi] dwindling speaker population may be attributed to its speech community’s struggles concerning their ancestral lands and related environmental issues.

Read more about the language and the people here: https://t.co/MikzcudqfO

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𝗔𝘆𝘁𝗮, 𝗦𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗴𝗼𝗻
Ayta, Sorsogon [ays] is deemed nearly extinct (EGIDS 8b) and is spoken only by the older generation with little to no opportunity of using it and passing it down to the next generations.
Read more about the language here: https://t.co/ZHgnXfsU7V