The language was originally listed by Garvan (1963: 8).
Katabaga is in fact a misspelling of
Katabangan, the name that the people use to refer to themselves. Some people in the Bikol Region also use the term
Katabangan to refer to mixed-blood Agta in the region. Lobel (2013: 92) reports from a 2006 visit that the Katabangan speak only Tagalog. According to Lobel (2013), based on its present-day location, if the Katabangan did in fact once have their own language, it could possibly have been related to Inagta Alabat (see
Inagta Alabat language) and
Manide. Louward Allen Zubiri reports that there are 670 individuals in the Katabangan community. The community was granted an ancestral domain title by the government of the Philippines in 2015. There are also families living in
Mulanay,
Gumaca,
Lopez, and
Alabat. ==Vocabulary==