Aklanon language

E182609

The Aklanon language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the province of Aklan in the Philippines, known for its distinctive phonology and membership in the Visayan (Bisayan) language family.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Aklanon language canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Philippine language ⓘ
Visayan language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alignmentType Austronesian alignment ⓘ
basicWordOrder VOS ⓘ
VSO ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Capiznon language ⓘ
Hiligaynon language ⓘ
Kinaray-a language ⓘ
Romblomanon language ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
ethnicGroup Aklanon people ⓘ
family Austronesian ⓘ
hasCaseMarkers yes ⓘ
hasDialects yes ⓘ
hasDistinctiveFeature contrast between /l/ and /r/ ⓘ
glottal stop phoneme ⓘ
stress-based lexical contrast ⓘ
unique phoneme represented by digraph "ea" ⓘ
hasFocusSystem yes ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-2 akl ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-3 akl ⓘ
lexifierInfluence English language ⓘ
linked to: English

Spanish language ⓘ
linked to: Spanish

Tagalog language ⓘ
linked to: Tagalog
morphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
nativeSpeakers hundreds of thousands ⓘ
partOf Visayan (Bisayan) language family ⓘ
linked to: Visayan languages
primaryRegion Aklan province ⓘ
linked to: Aklan
region Panay Island ⓘ
Western Visayas ⓘ
script Latin alphabet ⓘ
spokenIn Aklan, Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Aklan

Antique, Philippines ⓘ
Capiz, Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Capiz

Iloilo, Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Iloilo

Migrant communities in Metro Manila ⓘ
Overseas Filipino communities ⓘ
status regional language in the Philippines ⓘ
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ
subgroup Central Philippine languages ⓘ
Philippine subgroup ⓘ
Visayan languages ⓘ
usedFor daily communication ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
local media ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
religious activities ⓘ
usesDiacritics yes ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Bisayan languages subgroup → hasMember → Aklanon language ⓘ
Proto-Philippine language → hasDescendant → Aklanon language ⓘ
Karay-a language → closelyRelatedTo → Aklanon language ⓘ
Capiznon language → closelyRelatedTo → Aklanon language ⓘ
Visayan languages → hasLanguage → Aklanon language ⓘ
Aklanon people → language → Aklanon language ⓘ
Buruanga Aklanon → subdivisionOf → Aklanon language ⓘ
Central Philippines → language → Aklanon language ⓘ
Visayan people → majorLanguage → Aklanon language ⓘ