Aklan, northwestern Capiz, northern Antique, and southern Romblon
Ethnicity
Aklanon
Native speakers
560,000 (2010)[1][needs update]
Language family
Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Philippine
Central Philippine
Bisayan
Western Bisayan
Aklanon
Dialects
Aklanon, Malaynon
Writing system
Latin; Historically Baybayin
Official status
Official language in
Regional language in the Philippines
Regulated by
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Either: akl – Aklanon [2] mlz – Malaynon
Glottolog
akla1240 Aklanon
Area where Aklanon is spoken
Aklanon (Akeanon), also known as Bisaya/Binisaya nga Aklanon/Inaklanon or simply Aklan, is an Austronesian language of the Bisayan subgroup spoken by the Aklanon people in the province of Aklan on the island of Panay in the Philippines. Its unique feature among other Bisayan languages is the close-mid back unrounded vowel [ɤ] occurring as part of diphthongs and traditionally written with the letter ⟨Ee⟩ such as in the autonyms Akean and Akeanon. However, this phoneme is also present in other but geographically scattered and distant Philippine languages, namely Itbayat, Isneg, Manobo, Samal and Sagada.[3]
The Malaynon dialect is 93% lexically similar to Aklanon and has retained the "l" sounds, which elsewhere are often pronounced as "r".[4]
^"2010 Census of Population and Housing, Report No. 2A - Demographic and Housing Characteristics (Non-Sample Variables)" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-05-02.
^"Documentation for ISO 639 identifier: akl". ISO 639-3 Registration Authority – SIL International. Retrieved 2017-07-06. Name: Aklanon
^Beato A. de la Cruz; R. David Paul Zorc (1968). A Study of the Aklanon Dialect. Volume 1: Grammar(PDF). Washington, DC: Peace Corps.
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"Malaynon, A language of the Philippines". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
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