Yakan language
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The Yakan language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Yakan people of the Sulu Archipelago and nearby areas in the southern Philippines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yakan language canonical | 15 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6338664 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yakan language Context triple: [Sulu Archipelago, language, Yakan language]
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A.
Butuanon language
The Butuanon language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in and around Butuan City in Mindanao, Philippines.
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B.
Maranao language
The Maranao language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Maranao people around Lake Lanao in Mindanao, Philippines.
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C.
Balangao language
The Balangao language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Balangao people in the Mountain Province of the northern Philippines.
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D.
Darug language
The Darug language is an Indigenous Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Darug people of the Sydney region in New South Wales.
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E.
Hanunoo language
The Hanunoo language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Hanunoo Mangyan people of Mindoro in the Philippines, notable for its indigenous syllabic script and rich oral poetic tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yakan language Target entity description: The Yakan language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Yakan people of the Sulu Archipelago and nearby areas in the southern Philippines.
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A.
Butuanon language
The Butuanon language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in and around Butuan City in Mindanao, Philippines.
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B.
Maranao language
The Maranao language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Maranao people around Lake Lanao in Mindanao, Philippines.
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C.
Balangao language
The Balangao language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Balangao people in the Mountain Province of the northern Philippines.
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D.
Darug language
The Darug language is an Indigenous Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Darug people of the Sydney region in New South Wales.
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E.
Hanunoo language
The Hanunoo language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Hanunoo Mangyan people of Mindoro in the Philippines, notable for its indigenous syllabic script and rich oral poetic tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Philippine language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Jakan
ⓘ
Yackan ⓘ Yakan Sinama ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Sama languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Sama language
Tausug language ⓘ
linked to:
Tausug
|
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Yakan ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder |
VSO/VOS
ⓘ
verb–initial ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | yaka1263 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Yakan ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature | focus/voice system typical of Philippine languages ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | yka ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Arabic
ⓘ
Cebuano ⓘ
linked to:
Cebuano language
Malay ⓘ Spanish via Chavacano ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arabic language
ⓘ
linked to:
Arabic
Cebuano language ⓘ Chavacano language ⓘ
linked to:
Chavacano
Malay language ⓘ
linked to:
Malay
Tausug language ⓘ
linked to:
Tausug
|
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| primaryReligionOfSpeakers | Islam ⓘ |
| region |
Basilan Island
ⓘ
Mindanao ⓘ Zamboanga City ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Yakan people ⓘ |
| spokenByPopulation | tens of thousands of speakers ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Basilan
ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ Sulu Archipelago ⓘ Zamboanga Peninsula ⓘ |
| subfamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| subgroup |
Greater Central Philippine languages
ⓘ
Sama–Bajaw languages ⓘ
linked to:
Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup
|
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Basilan communities
ⓘ
Yakan diaspora communities in Mindanao ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yakan language Description of subject: The Yakan language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Yakan people of the Sulu Archipelago and nearby areas in the southern Philippines.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.