Yakan language
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The Yakan language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Yakan people of the Sulu Archipelago and nearby areas in the southern Philippines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yakan language canonical | 5 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Philippine language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Jakan
ⓘ
Yackan ⓘ Yakan Sinama ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Sama languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tausug language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Yakan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder |
VSO/VOS
ⓘ
verb–initial ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | yaka1263 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Yakan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature | focus/voice system typical of Philippine languages ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | yka ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cebuano NERFINISHED ⓘ Malay NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish via Chavacano ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arabic language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cebuano language NERFINISHED ⓘ Chavacano language NERFINISHED ⓘ Malay language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tausug language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| primaryReligionOfSpeakers | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Basilan Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mindanao NERFINISHED ⓘ Zamboanga City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Yakan people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenByPopulation | tens of thousands of speakers ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Basilan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ Sulu Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ Zamboanga Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| subgroup |
Greater Central Philippine languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sama–Bajaw languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Basilan communities
ⓘ
Yakan diaspora communities in Mindanao ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.