Ati language (Philippines)

Ati (Inati) is an Austronesian language of the island of Panay in the Philippines. The variety spoken in northern Panay is also called Sogodnin (Pennoyer 1987). The Ati people also speak Kinaray-a and Hiligaynon.

Classification
Pennoyer (1987) and Reid (2013) consider Inati to be an isolate with the Philippine languages. It differs markedly from the Visayan languages and has many features not found in the Central Philippine languages.

Inati shows some unique sound changes.
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *R > Inati /d/, such as PMP *liʔəR > Inati /liʔad/
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ə > Inati  /a/ (as in the Central Luzon languages), not PMP *ə > /u/ or /ə/, as in the Visayan languages

Locations
Lobel (2013:75) lists the following Ati communities in the Philippines, with populations given in parentheses.

Iloilo (1,902): Anilao (341), Barotac Viejo (867), Cabatuan (31), Calinog (163), Dueñas (43), Dumangas (50), Janiuay (22), New Lucena (59), Passi (103), San Miguel (17), San Rafael (110), Santa Barbara (12), Tigbauan (69), San Joaquin (15)
Antique (4,680): Anini-y (156), Hamtic (3,081), Tobias Fornier (1,383), San Jose (60)
Capiz (308): Dumarao (308)
Aklan (740+): Buruanga (?), Malay (740)
Guimaras (789): Buenavista (189), Jordan (237), Sibunag (178), Nueva Valencia (185) 
Negros Occidental (309): Isabela (309)
Romblon: Odiongan and Calatrava on Tablas Island, and San Jose on Carabao Island (unknown population size)

Total: 8,728+

Baruah (2000) lists the following locations.
Antique: Culuasi, Hamtic, San Jose, Sibalom, Tobias
Tina, Hamtic, Antique (512 people)
Capiz: Dumarao
Iloilo: Janiuay, Anilao, Cabatuan, Duenas, Dumangas, Mina, New Lucena, Passi, San Miguel, San Joaquin, San Rafael, Santa Barbara, Tigbauan
Nagpana, Barotac Viejo, Iloilo (500 people)
Aklan
Barangay Sabang, Buruanga, Aklan (4 households, 15 people)
Barangay Jesuna, Nabas, Aklan (3 households, 20 people)
In Malay, Aklan: Barangays Argao, Cubay Norte, Cubay Sur, Cogon, Boracay (total: 63 households, 321 people)

Pennoyer (1987) reports that Sogodnin is spoken by a few remaining speakers in Cogon, Malay (whose ancestors had moved from interior Sabang to Bakirohan to Cogon), and on Carabao and Boracay islands.

References

Baruah, Karabi. 2000. "A Forgotten people: the Ati community of Aklan." Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society, Vol. 28, No. 3, Special Issue: Problems of development and social justice (September 2000), pp. 301-316. University of San Carlos Publications. https://www.jstor.org/stable/29792465
Lobel, Jason William. 2013. Philippine and North Bornean languages: issues in description, subgrouping, and reconstruction. Ph.D. dissertation. Manoa: University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
Pennoyer, F. Douglas. 1987. The hidden Negrito language of Panay, Philippines. Phlippine Journal of Lingusitics 17.2 & 18.1: 1-36.

Additional resources
Hsiu, Andrew and Delia Panden. 2017. Inati vocabulary. 
Hsiu, Andrew. 2017. Inati (Hamtic) audio word list. Zenodo. 
Hsiu, Andrew. 2017. Inati (Guimaras) audio word list. Zenodo. 
Inati (Jordan, Guimaras) word list (Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database)
Inati (Hamtic) word list (Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database)
Inati (Nagpana) word list (Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database)
Sogodnin (Boracay) word list (Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database)
Sogodnin (Iloilo) word list (Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database)

External links
Schools keep indigenous culture alive
The Ati of Negros and Panay
Negritos and Negros
Beyond the beach: The untold story of Boracay’s Ati tribe

Category:Philippine languages

Category:Endangered Austronesian languages
Category:Aeta languages
Category:Languages of Antique (province)
Category:Languages of Capiz
Category:Languages of Aklan
Category:Languages of Iloilo
Category:Languages of Guimaras
Category:Languages of Negros Occidental