The Negrito peoples of the Philippines speak various Philippine languages. They have more in common with neighboring languages than with each other, and are listed here merely as an aid to identification.
Classification
The following languages are grouped according to their geographic location, and not genetic classification.
Lobel (2013) Lobel (2013) lists the following Black Filipino (i.e., Philippine Negrito) ethnolinguistic groups.
Northern Luzon
Umiray Dumaget
Remontado Dumagat
Alta, Northern
Alta, Southern
Arta
Casiguran Agta
Nagtipunan Agta
Dinapigue Agta
Central Cagayan Agta
Pahanan (Agta) Dupaningan Agta Atta (3–4 languages)
(Lobel (2010) lists the following Negrito languages that are spoken on the eastern coast of Luzon Island, listed from north to south.)
Dupaningan Agta (Northern Luzon branch) Pahanan Agta Casiguran Agta Umiray Dumaget Remontado Dumagat Inagta Alabat Manide Inagta Partido Inagta Rinconada
Furthermore, Robinson & Lobel (2013) argue that Dupaningan Agta, Pahanan Agta, Casiguran Agta, Nagtipunan Agta, Dinapigue Agta, and Paranan do not belong to the Northern Cordilleran branch, but rather a new branch that they call Northeastern Luzon, which they consider to be a primary branch of the Northern Luzon (Cordilleran) group.
Zambales Mountains
Ayta Mag-indi
Ayta Mag-anchi
Ayta Abellen
Ayta Ambala
Ayta Bataan ( Ayta Magbukun)
Southern Luzon
Inagta Rinconada
Inagta Partido
Manide
Inagta Alabat (and Inagta Lopez)
Southern Philippines
Inata (possibly 2 dialects) Inati (Inete) (2 dialects?) Mamanwa Batak (5–8 dialects) Iraya (Mangyan) Ata/Tigwa/Matigsalug Manobo
Extinct varieties
Mount Iraya Agta (a.k.a. East Lake Buhi Agta) Dicamay Agta: spoken on the Dicamay River on the western side of the Sierra Madre near Jones, Isabela; reportedly exterminated by Ilokano homesteaders sometime between 1957 and 1974 (Headland 2003:7) Villa Viciosa Agta
Another Negrito language investigated by Lobel (2013) is Southern Binukidnon (Magahat).
Ethnologue adds the extinct and unclassified Katabaga of Catanauan, Quezon, southern Luzon. The language was originally listed by Garvan (1963: 8). Katabaga is in fact a misspelling of Katabangan, the name that the people use to refer to themselves. Some people in the Bikol Region also use the term Katabangan to refer to mixed-blood Agta in the region. Lobel (2013: 92) reports from a 2006 visit that the Katabangan speak only Tagalog. According to Lobel (2013), if the Katabangan did in fact speak one of the Philippine Negrito languages before, it would have been related to Agta of the Lopez–Guinayangan area (see Inagta Alabat language) or to Manide based on its present-day location.
Louward Allen Zubiri reports that there are 670 individuals in the Katabangan community. There are also families living in Mulanay, Gumaca, Lopez, and Alabat.
Reid (1994) Reid (1994) lists the following Negrito languages. North Agta Northern Cagayan Central Cagayan Eastern Cagayan Southern Cagayan Southern Isabela Aurora Arta 12 remaining speakers in Aglipay, Quirino, in 1990 Alta North Alta – spoken in Aurora Province South Alta (Kabuluen) – spoken in Nueva Ecija and Bulacan Provinces Central Agta – spoken in eastern Luzon; includes Umiray South Agta Camarines Norte Camarines Sur Sinauna Ayta – 6 different languages spoken in the Zambales Mountains according to Wimbel (1986): Abelen Aberlen Magganchi Maggindi Ambala Magbeken Ayta
Other Philippine Negrito languages
Ata Manobo – spoken in Mansalinao, Davao
Batak – spoken in Palawan
Inati
Mamanwa – spoken in Agusan
Reid (2013) Reid (2013) considers the Philippine Negrito languages (highlighted in bold) to have split in the following fashion. Reid (2013) considers each Negrito language or group to be a first-order split in its respective branch, with Inati and Manide–Alabat as first-order subgroups of Malayo-Polynesian.
Malayo-Polynesian (MP) diverse MP branches outside of the Philippines Bashiic, Kalamianic and other MP branches on the Philippines not comprising Negrito languages Manide–Alabat Inati Northern Luzon languages Arta Umiray Dumaget (?) Northeastern Luzon languages Cagayan Valley languages Ilokano Meso-Cordilleran languages North Alta South Alta South Cordilleran languages Central Cordilleran languages Central Luzon languages Remontado Dumagat (Sinauna Tagalog) Kapampangan Sambalic languages Ayta languages Sambal languages Central Philippine languages Mamanwa Tagalog Bikol Bisayan Mansaka