Abellen language

Abellen
Abellen
Ayta Abellen
Native to	Philippines
Region	Tarlac
Ethnicity	5,000 Aeta (2008?)
Native speakers	3,000 (2008)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Luzon Sambalic Abellen; ; ; ; ;
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. 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.

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