Antsi language

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]

Antsi
Mag-antsi
Native to	Philippines
Region	Zambales, Tarlac, Mabalacat, Angeles City
Native speakers	4,200 (2005)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Luzon Sambalic Antsi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sgb
Glottolog	maga1263

Phonology

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

• Languages of the Philippines

References

1. 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. Kitano & Pangilinan (2003), p. 172.

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.

External links

• Online Ayta Mag-antsi-English dictionary hosted by SIL
• Sample recordings from the GRN Network