Umiray Dumaget language

Umiray Dumaget is an Aeta language spoken in southern Luzon Island, Philippines.

Umiray Dumaget
Native to	Philippines
Region	Aurora & Quezon, Luzon
Native speakers	(3,000 cited 1994)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine? Greater Central Philippine[2] Umiray Dumaget
Language codes
ISO 639-3	due
Glottolog	umir1236

Location

Umiray Dumaget is spoken along the Pacific coast of eastern Luzon, Philippines, from just south of Baler, Aurora, to the area of Infanta, Quezon, and on the northern coast of Polillo Island.^[3] Himes (2002) reports little dialectal variation.

Reid (1994)^[4] reports the following locations for Umiray Dumaget (Central Agta).

• Umiray, General Nakar, Quezon
• Dibut, San Luis, Aurora
• Bunbun, Panukulan, Polillo, Quezon

The language is also spoken in Dingalan, Aurora, most especially in Umiray.

Phonology

Consonants

Umiray Dumaget consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	(ʔ)
	voiced	b	d		ɡ
Nasal		m	n		ŋ
Fricative			s
Trill			r
Lateral			l
Approximant		w		j

[ʔ] only appears in loanwords.^[5]

Vowels

Umiray Dumaget vowels

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Open	a

Classification

Umiray Dumaget is difficult to classify. Himes (2002) posits a Greater Central Philippine connection.^[5] However, Lobel (2013)^[6]: 230 believes that Umiray Dumaget may be a primary branch of the Philippine languages, or may be related to the Northeastern Luzon languages, Sambali-Ayta (Central Luzon), or Manide and Inagta Alabat. According to Lobel (2013), Umiray Dumaget does not subgroup in the Central Philippine or even Greater Central Philippine branches.^[7]