Resemblance of Inabaknon and Yakan Languages

: Rex C. Sauro

ENGLISH INABAKNON YAKAN

person / people a’a a’a
get addo’ eddo’
sun allaw ellew
alive allom ellum
grandchild ampo ampu
new baha’o baha’u
side bihing bihing
wind / air bariyo beliyu
fruit buwa’ buwa’
heavy buhat bohat
light danta’ danta’
last night dabwi debuhi
alone addangan dendangan
Woman / girl danda dende
yesterday da’illaw di’illaw
above / upstairs diyata’ diyata’
under / downstairs diyawa’ diyawa’
get down duwa’i duwa’i
not / no ga’i ga’i
hundred hatus hatus
borrow indam indam
eat kakan / mangan kakan / mangan
neck kallong kellung
cassava kamunti-kayo kemunti-kayu
afternoon kuhap kohap
blood laha’ laha’
run lahi lahi
bad ra’at la’at
path / way lalan lalan
mortar linsungan linsungan
house ruma’ luma’
urinate mangi’ mange’
bird manuk-manok manuk-manok
cat miyong meyong
there is aniya’ / niya’ niya’
climb panahik pana’ik
hot panas panas
grandparent papo’ papu’
pain paddi paddi
full panno’ penno’
eldest brother / sister siyaka saka
mother sa’i / nana sa’i
when sumiran sumilan
tomorrow asumo sumo
middle tangnga’ tengnga’
weave (into fabric) tanhon tenhun
blow tihop / tiyop tihup
intestines tina’i tina’i
bone ta’ulang tolang
sleep turi tuli
smoke humbo umbo