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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.^[2]

Reid (1994) also reports the following locations for Southern Cagayan Agta.^[3]

^ Faire Atta at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Pamplona Atta at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Pudtol Atta at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Villa Viciosa Agta^† (?) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Villa Viciosa Atta". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
^ Reid, Lawrence A. 1994. "Possible Non-Austronesian Lexical Elements in Philippine Negrito Languages." In Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jun. 1994), pp. 37-72.