SIPL Supplementary Series Two
Serving Language Communities through
Linguistics, Literacy and Translation
Studies in Philippine Linguistics Supplementary Series: Philippine Texts No. 2 1987
Central Cagayan Agta texts
Mayfield, Roy, comp.
Fe T. Otanes, Austin Hale, series eds.
ISSN 0116-0516 ISBN 971-1059-06-1
Contents
Acknowledgments iv
Biographical information v
Map vi
Introduction vii-viii
Abbreviations and symbols ix
Texts with ethnographic and linguistic notes
- Ya araw na boda / The day of the wedding.
Andas Simplicio.
1-21
- Ya netabarang ta mangatawa / Advice to one who seeks marriage.
Donato Salbino. 1981.
22-26
- Tarinap ken ta arawen / My dream today.
[narrator not known] (c. 1955)
27-29
- Inya ya nakaliwãt? / Who is guilty?
[narrator not known] (c. 1955)
30-34
- Ya afuy na Ãgta / The Agtas' fire.
Pedro Cababag. 1980.
35-41
- Ya zita na Ãgta / The Agtas' poison.
Pedro Cababag. 1980.
42-48
- Mandaripãn / Mandaripan.
[narrator not known] (c. 1955)
49-55
- Ya bida na manganup / A story about hunting.
Manggo Sapeda. (c. 1964)
56-72
- Ya tabarang na la-laay ta / A father's advice to his family.
Donato Salbino. 1981.
73-79
- Tekami en naglugãn ta huplãno / When we rode an airplane.
Donato Salbino. 1965.
80-85
- Ya manglub ta kalaba / Harvesting honey from bees.
Pedro Cababag. 1978.
86-94
Appendix A Agta kinship and social organization 95-100
Appendix B Agta religion 101-106
Appendix C A Tentative grammatical survey of Central Cagayan Agta 107-126
References 127