Yakan

E183456
Austronesian language Philippine language

Yakan is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Yakan people of Basilan and nearby areas in the southern Philippines.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yakan canonical 12
Yakan (often classified within Sama–Bajaw) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Philippine language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Sama-Bajaw languages ⓘ
Tausug ⓘ
surface form: Tausug language
country Philippines ⓘ
ethnicity Yakan people ⓘ
hasAlignmentType Philippine-type voice system ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Jakan ⓘ
Yackan ⓘ
surface form: Yacan

Yackan ⓘ
hasBasicWordOrder VOS ⓘ
VSO ⓘ
hasDomain Islamic religious practices ⓘ
folk literature ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
hasGlottocode yaka1264 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Yakan self-link ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code yka ⓘ
hasLanguageStatus developing language ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic ⓘ
Cebuano language ⓘ
surface form: Cebuano

Chavacano ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative language ⓘ
hasNeighborLanguage Cebuano language ⓘ
surface form: Cebuano

Chavacano ⓘ
Tausug ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate over 100000 speakers ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
isMinorityLanguageIn Philippines ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
region Basilan Island ⓘ
Mindanao ⓘ
religionOfManySpeakers Islam ⓘ
spokenBy Yakan people ⓘ
spokenIn Basilan ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Sulu Archipelago ⓘ
Zamboanga Peninsula ⓘ
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
subgroup Greater Central Philippine languages ⓘ
usedAs vernacular language in Basilan ⓘ
usedInEducation local community-based education ⓘ
usedInMedia local radio programs ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup → hasNotableLanguage → Yakan ⓘ
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao → hasDemographicGroup → Yakan ⓘ
Moro → ethnicSubgroups → Yakan ⓘ
Tausug → relatedEthnicGroup → Yakan ⓘ
Zamboanga City → language → Yakan ⓘ
Sulu Archipelago → ethnicGroup → Yakan ⓘ
Sama language → hasDialect → Yakan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yakan (often classified within Sama–Bajaw)
Bajau language → hasDialect → Yakan ⓘ
Pangutaran Sama → hasNeighborLanguage → Yakan ⓘ
Yakan → hasGlottologName → Yakan self-link ⓘ
Sibutu Sama → relatedTo → Yakan ⓘ
Mapun → neighboringLanguages → Yakan ⓘ
Western Malayo-Polynesian languages → includesLanguage → Yakan ⓘ