Antsi language

Antsi
Mag-antsi
Native toPhilippines
RegionZambales, Tarlac, Mabalacat, Angeles City
Native speakers
4,200 (2005)
Language codes
ISO 639-3sgb
Glottologmaga1263

The Antsi (Anchi) language or Mag-antsi (also Mag-Anchi Ayta) is a Sambalic language with around 4,200 speakers. 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%).

Phonology

Consonants
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
Front Central Back
Close i ɨ u
Mid e o
Open a

Grammar

Ayta Mag-antsi Case Markers
Nominative Genitive Oblique
Common ya, a, -y, ∅ hên, -n, ∅ 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. 1 2 "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

References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 Kitano & Pangilinan (2003), p. 172.
  4. ↑ Storck, Kurt & Storck, Margaret. 2005. "https://www.webonary.org/ayta-mag-antsi/ [Ayta Mag-antsi-English Dictionary (Webonary version)]". Summer Institute of Linguistics.

Further reading