Abaknon language
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]
| Abaknon | |
|---|---|
| Capul Sinama | |
| Inabaknon | |
| Region | Capul, Northern Samar, Eastern Visayas |
Native speakers | 26,000 (2010)[1] |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | abx |
| Glottolog | inab1237 |
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
- Abaknon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
External links
- Literature and articles in Literature and articles in Abaknon.