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- Yakan (yka)

Yakan is primarily spoken on Basilan Island in the Philippines. It is the native language of the Yakan people, the indigenous as well as the largest ethnic group on the island. It has a total of 110,000 native speakers. Despite being located in the Philippines, it is not closely related to other languages of the country. It is a member of the Sama-Bajaw languages, which in turn are related to the Barito languages spoken in southern Borneo, Madagascar and Mayotte.

Yakan is taught in primary schools in Basilan, and used to some extent in literature. It is usually written with the Latin alphabet, but is sometimes written with a version of the Arabic alphabet.

Yakan is related to languages such as Abaknon and Mapun, which are spoken in the Philippines, and to Bajaw and Sama, which are spoken in parts of Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakan_language
https://omniglot.com/writing/yakan.htm