title: Atta language
text: # Atta language
  
  Atta is an Austronesian dialect cluster spoken by the Aeta (Agta) Negritos of the northern Philippines.
  
  ## Varieties
  
  There are three varieties according to Ethnologue.
  
  * Faire Atta (Southern Atta): spoken near Faire, Rizal, Cagayan
  * Pamplona Atta (Northern Cagayan Negrito): spoken in Pamplona, Cagayan; similar to northern Ibanag
  * Pudtol Atta: spoken in Pudtol, Apayao, and the Abulog river area south of Pamplona
  
  Villa Viciosa Atta, supposed once spoken in Villaviciosa, Abra, is presumed to be related, but is unattested.
  
  Reid (1994) also reports the following locations for Southern Cagayan Agta.
  
  * Minanga, Peñablanca, Cagayan
  * Conyan, Minanga, Peñablanca, Cagayan
  * Sapinit, Maconacon, Isabela
  * Makagaw (Dupaninan), Cagayan
  