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= Ayta Abellen = Ayta Abellen, also known as Abenlen, Aburlen Negrito, Ayta Abellen Sambal, or Abellen Ayta. Ayta Abellen is one of the five known Ayta negrito languages in the Sambalic subgroup of the Austronesian language family. Ayta Abellen is a language that is most similar to Botolan Sambal. Ayta Abellen is spoken by the Ayta Abellen people which mostly reside in the western mountainous region of Tarloc, which is a Luzon. However, the language spreads into part of the Zambales province as well. The Philippine Commission on Indigenous Peoples reported that the ethnic group size was around 29,963, although there are only about 3,500-6,000 fluent speakers of the language. It is because of this that Ayta Abellen is considered an endangered language.

https://www.ethnologue.com/language/abp/  https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/13/35/02/133502601455394611419126052893004381512/Abellen_from_thesis.htm#n-maple/

http://www.ethnicgroupsphilippines.com/people/ethnic-groups-in-the-philippines/ayta-abellen/

Word Order
According to Dryer 2011 and taken from a sample size of 1,377 languages, 7% of these were Verb-Subject-Object (VSO).

Ayta Abellen is a VSO language as seen in the following examples a-c.

a. N-am-Ø-yay ya=n pilak ye Pablo kangko.

PFV-PL-AV-give 3SG.NOM=GEN money NOM Pablo 1SG.DAT

'Pablo gave money to me.'

b. Bogbog-en la ya=n la-laki

CTPLT-beat-OV 3PL.GEN 3SG.NOM=GEN PL-man

ye Juan ha loob baey na.

NOM Juan DAT inside house 3SG.GEN

'The men will beat Juan inside his house.'

c. Am-paolay-an na ya=n Apo Dioh ye laki.

CONT-abandon-GV 3SG.GEN 3SG.NOM=GEN Lord God NOM man

'The man is being abandoned by God.'

Phonology
Ayta Abellen has approximately 18 phonemes. Of these phonemes 14 are known to be consonants, and the remaining are vowels. (phonemes on the right side of a block are voiced, while phonemes on the left side of the block are voiceless.)