Antsi language
# Antsi language

The Antsi (Anchi) language or Mag-antsi (also Mag-Anchi Ayta) is a Sambalic language with around 4,200 speakers. It is spoken within Philippine Aeta communities in the Zambal municipalities of Botolan, San Marcelino, and Castillejos; in the Tarlaqueño municipalities of Capas and Bamban; in Mabalacat, Pampanga; and in Angeles City. The use of the language is declining as its speakers are shifting to Kapampangan. The language is mutually intelligible with Mag-Indi Ayta (77%) and Ambala Ayta (65%).

## Phonology

Consonants :

| | | Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | c | k | ʔ |
| Plosive | voiced | b | d | | ɡ | |
| Nasal | Nasal | m | n | | ŋ | |
| Fricative | Fricative | | s | | | h |
| Lateral | Lateral | | l | | | |
| Rhotic | Rhotic | | ɾ | | | |
| Approximant | Approximant | w | | j | | |

Vowels :

| | Front | Central | Back |
| - | - | - | - |
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Mid | e | | o |
| Open | | a | |
