Abaknon language

Abaknon
Abaknon
Capul Sinama
Inabaknon
Region	Capul, Northern Samar, ; Eastern Visayas
Native speakers	26,000 (2010)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Sama–Bajaw Abaknon; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	abx
Glottolog	inab1237

The Inabaknon language, also known as Abaknon, Abaknon Sama, Capuleño, Kapul, or Capul Sinama, is an Austronesian language primarily spoken in the Island Municipality of Capul of Northern Samar, in the Eastern Visayas Region of the Philippines.^[1]

Unlike the other indigenous languages of the Eastern Visayas, namely Waray, Cebuano and Boholano, Inabaknon is not classified as part of the Visayan language family, but is rather grouped with the Sama–Bajaw languages.^[2]

Background[]

Inabaknon is spoken on the island of Capul in the province of Northern Samar. According to oral folk history, due to their not liking of the religion of the Moros who ruled over them, a group of people and their leader Abak fled Balabac and sailed until reaching the island.^[3] The language is notable as being the only Sama language to not have had major Arabic influence via Islam.^[4]

References[]

Citations[]

^ ^a ^b Abaknon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Inabaknon". Glottolog 4.3.
^ Summer Institute of Linguistics (1983)
^ Jacobson & Jacobson (1980), p. 32

Sources[]

I Capul, siray patiʼ inaʼanto / Capul, noon at ngayon: Ang kasaysayan ng palo ng Capul / Capul, before and now: a history of Capul Island. Manila: Summer Institute of Linguistics. 1983.
Jacobson, Marc R.; Jacobson, Suzanne M. (1980). "Sama Abaknon phonology". Philippine Journal of Linguistics. 11 (1): 32–44.
Banagbanag, Rogelio A. (2018). "Variations in the Lexicon of the Three Generations of Inabaknon Speakers". Linguistics and Literature Studies. 6 (6): 312–316. doi:10.13189/lls.2018.060607.

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[e18-1] Abaknon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Inabaknon". Glottolog 4.3.

[3] Summer Institute of Linguistics (1983)

[4] Jacobson & Jacobson (1980), p. 32

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Abaknon
Capul Sinama
Inabaknon
Region	Capul, Northern Samar, Eastern Visayas
Native speakers	26,000 (2010)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Sama–Bajaw Abaknon
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`abx`
Glottolog	`inab1237`