Yakan language
YakanBissa Yakanyka
Yakan is a language of Basilan Island in the Philippines.wikipedia
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Sama–Bajaw languages
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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.
Barito languages
BaritoBarito languageGreater Barito
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.
Basilan
Basilan IslandBasilan ProvinceBasilan City
Yakan is a language of Basilan Island in the Philippines.
The Province of Basilan (Chavacano: Provincia de Basilan; Tausug: Wilaya' sin Basilan; Yakan: Wilayah Basilanin) is an island province of the Philippines in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region.









Yakan people
YakanYakansBasilan
They speak a language known as Bissa Yakan, which has characteristics of both Sama-Bajau Sinama and Tausug (Jundam 1983: 7-8).






Philippines
FilipinoPhilippinePhilippine Islands
Nineteen regional languages act as auxiliary official languages used as media of instruction: Aklanon, Bikol, Cebuano, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ibanag, Ilocano, Ivatan, Kapampangan, Kinaray-a, Maguindanao, Maranao, Pangasinan, Sambal, Surigaonon, Tagalog, Tausug, Waray, and Yakan.









Filipinos in Malaysia
FilipinoFilipino volunteers in SabahMalaysian Filipino
Philippine languages
PhilippinePhilippine languageFilipino
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.
Borneo
BorneanBorneo Islandisland of Borneo
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.









Madagascar
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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.









Mayotte
Mayotte IslandMahoréMahoran
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.









Labial consonant
LabiallabialsBilabial
Palatal consonant
Palatalpalatalspalatal consonants
Postalveolar consonant
PostalveolarPost- alveolarPost-alveolar
Velar consonant
VelarvelarsDorso-velar
Nasal consonant
NasalNasalsnasal consonants
Voicelessness
voicelessvoiceless consonantunvoiced
Voice (phonetics)
voiced voiced voicing
Affricate consonant
Affricateaffricatesaffrication
Fricative consonant
Fricativefricativesspirant
Lateral consonant
LateralLateral approximantLaterals
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Malayo-PolynesianMalayo-Polynesian languageMalayo-Polynesian language group