Abellen (Ayta Abellen)

Abellen is a member of the Central Luzon branch of the Malayo-Polynesian language family. It is spoken in Tarlac province in central Luzon in the Philippines. In 2008 there were about 3,000 speakers of Abellen, which is also known as Abenlen or Aburlin. Abellen speakers are found in Maamot, Station Juliana and Capas in Tarlac Province, and in Sitio Loob-Bunga in the Municipality of Botolan in Zambales Province.

Abellen alphabet and pronunciation

Download alphabet charts for Abellen in PDF or Excel format.

Information about Abellen provided by Wolfram Siegel

Sample sentences

Malyo kitawo mabekah ha kabatowan
(We will bathe tomorrow at the river)
Mangaget ako nin mangga, bayabah, boy pantol mabokah
(I will bring manggo, bayabas, and santol tomorrow)
Oli ha hinabi mo, nakew ako ha baytan
(Because of what you said, I went to the mountain)

Source: Introduction to Writing the Ayta Abellen Language

Sample video in Abellen

Information about Abellen | Numbers

Links

Information about Abellen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abellen_language
http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/aben1249
http://www.ethnologue.com/language/abp
http://www.language-archives.org/language/abp
http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/9669

Central Luzon languages

Abellen, Ambala, Bolinao, Botolan, Hatang Kayi, Indi, Sambal

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page last modified: 14.07.25

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