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

Grammar

Ayta Mag-antsi Case Markers^[4]

		Nominative	Genitive	Oblique
Common		ya, a[note 1], -y[note 2], ∅[note 3]	hên, -n[note 4], ∅[note 3]	ha
Personal	singular	hi	ni	kan
	plural	hilan	lan	kallan

1. "Ya" is reflected as "a" after words ending in consonants.
2. "Ya" is suffixed as "-y" after words ending in vowels.
3. "Ya" and "hên" are reflected as null if marking a fronted noun.
4. "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

• Languages of the Philippines