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ISO 639-3 · ykayka
Austronesian family

Yakan

Yakan is a language of the Sama–Bajaw branch (Austronesian), spoken in Philippines. Wikidata counts 110,000 first-language speakers (1990).

4 · Educational110,000
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
yka
Glottocode
yaka1277
Wikipedia
17 language editions
110,000first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
4EGIDS level

Facts

NameYakan
Also calledYakan language
L1 speakers110,000 (1990)

Vitality

EGIDS 4 Educational4

Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Austronesian to Yakan

The branches above Yakan, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1039Austronesianfamily944Malayo-Polynesianbranch28Western Malayo-Polynesianbranch8Sama–BajawbranchykaYakanlanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Philippines154 languages in the index

Also spoken in Philippines

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 mspaSpanishIndo-European · 555.6 m1 · NationalfilFilipinoAustronesian · 90 m1 · NationaltglTagalogAustronesian · 68.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigorouscebCebuanoAustronesian · 15.9 m3 · Wider CommunicationiloIlocanoAustronesian · 9.1 m3 · Wider CommunicationhilHiligaynonAustronesian · 5.7 m3 · Wider Communication