Yakan language

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Not to be confused with the Yaka language.
Yakan
Native toPhilippines
RegionBasilan
EthnicityYakan
Native speakers
(110,000 cited 1990 census)[1]
Austronesian
  • Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Language codes
ISO 639-3yka
Glottologyaka1277

Yakan is an

Sama-Bajaw languages, which in turn are related to the Barito languages spoken in southern Borneo, Madagascar and Mayotte
.

Phonology

Vowels

Yakan has a simple five-vowel system: [a], [e], [i], [o], [u], with phonemic vowel length: ⟨ā⟩ [aː], ⟨ē⟩ [eː], ⟨ī⟩ [iː], ⟨ō⟩ [oː], ⟨ū⟩ [uː].[2]

Consonants

The following chart lists the consonant phonemes of Yakan.[3]

Labial Alveolar Palatal/
postalveolar 		Velar Glottal
Nasal m
n
 		ŋ
Plosive
 voiceless p
t
 		k ʔ
voiced b
d
 		ɡ
Affricate
 d͡ʒ
Fricative
 s h
Semivowel j w
Lateral
l

The consonant d is usually realized between vowels as a flap [

d
] in all positions.

All consonants except for /d͡ʒ/, /h/, /j/, /w/ and /ʔ/ can occur as lengthened consonants.

The following spelling conventions are used: ⟨y⟩ /j/, ⟨j⟩ /d͡ʒ/, ⟨ng⟩ /ŋ/, ⟨'⟩ /ʔ/.[4]

References

  1. ^ Yakan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Brainard & Behrens 2002, pp. 5–6.
  3. ^ Brainard & Behrens 2002, p. 5.
  4. ^ Brainard & Behrens 2002, p. 10.

Bibliography

  • Brainard, Sherri; Behrens, Dietlinde (2002). A Grammar of Yakan. Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines.

External links

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