Ati is an Austronesian language of Panay Island in the Philippines, considered by linguists to be an isolate within the Philippine languages because it differs markedly from the neighboring Visayan and Central Philippine groups; its sound changes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, including the shift of *R to /d/ and *e to /a/, align it instead with Central Luzon languages. It is spoken by the Ati people across Iloilo, Antique, Capiz, Aklan, Guimaras, Negros Occidental and Romblon provinces, who are also multilingual in Kinaray-a and Hiligaynon. About 1,500 native speakers were recorded as of 1980 across two identified dialects, Malay and the prestige Barotac Viejo Nagpana variety, and the language is also known as Inati, Binisaya nga Inati, or, among northern Panay speakers, Sogodnin.
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