Yakan
Native to: Philippines
Region: Basilan
Ethnicity: Yakan people, Filipinos in Malaysia
Native speakers: (110,000 cited 1990 census)
Language family: Austronesian
ISO 639-3 yka
Glottolog:yaka1277
Yakan
is a language of Basilan Island in the Philippines. It is the native language of Yakan people, the indigenous as well as the largest ethnic group on the island. It has a total of 110,000 native speakers. Despite being located in the Philippines, it is not closely related to other Philippine languages, but rather a member of the Sama-Bajaw languages, which in turn are related to the Barito languages spoken in southern Borneo, Madagascar and Mayotte.
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