| Abellen | |
|---|---|
| Ayta Abellen | |
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Tarlac |
| Ethnicity | 5,000 Aeta (2008?)[1] |
Native speakers | 3,000 (2008)[2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | abp |
| Glottolog | aben1249 |
| ELP | Abellen Ayta |
Abellen, Abenlen, Aburlin, or Ayta Abellen, is a Sambalic language. It has about 3,500 speakers and is spoken in a few Aeta communities in Tarlac province, Philippines.[3] Ayta Abellen itself is part of the Sambalic language family in the Philippines and is closely related to not only the five other Ayta dialects but also the Botolan dialect of Sambal. Ethnologue reports 45 monolinguists.[4]
- ^ Abellen language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Abellen at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Hammarstrom, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastion, eds. (2016). "Ayta Abellen"
- ^ "Ethnologue".(subscription required)
