The variety spoken in northern Panay is also called Sogodnin.
[2] The Ati people also speak Kinaray-a and Hiligaynon.
Pennoyer (1987) and Reid (2013) consider Inati to be an isolate within the Philippine languages.
[3] Lobel (2013:75) lists the following Ati communities in the Philippines, with populations given in parentheses: Baruah (2000) lists the following locations: Pennoyer (1987) reports that Sogodnin is spoken by a few remaining speakers in Cogon, Malay (whose ancestors had moved from interior Sabang to Bakirohan to Cogon), and on Carabao and Boracay islands.
Ethnologue states that Barotac Viejo Nagpana is the prestige dialect.