The Antsi (Anchi) language or Mag-antsi (also Mag-Anchi Ayta) is a Sambalic language with around 4,200 speakers. 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
Grammar
- ^ "Ya" is reflected as "a" after words ending in consonants.
- ^ "Ya" is suffixed as "-y" after words ending in vowels.
- ^ a b "Ya" and "hên" are reflected as null if marking a fronted noun.
- ^ "Hên" is suffixed as "-n" after words ending in vowels. However, it is reflected as "hên" after words ending in vowels in slow careful speech.
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Storck, Kurt & Storck, Margaret. 2005. "https://www.webonary.org/ayta-mag-antsi/ [Ayta Mag-antsi-English Dictionary (Webonary version)]". Summer Institute of Linguistics.
Further reading
- 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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