Yakan belongs to the Sama-Badjaw subgroup
of the Malayo-Polynesian family of Austronesian languages
and is spoken by people of the same name who live on
Basilan Island as well as on some smaller surrounding
islands. With over 5500 entries, over 600 subentries, 157
tables in the body, plus 33 appendices, this dictionary
contains a wealth of data collected over a 30 year period.
The introduction contains a phonological and morphological
description and there is an extensive English index.
A companion volume to the A Grammar of
Yakan (Brainard and Behrens 2002) and Yakan
Texts (Behrens 2007), also available from this
outlet.
2002. viii, 610pp. ISBN: 971-780-010-3 (LSP Special
Monograph Issue, Number 40 Volume 2)
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