Aklan Language
Aklan (Aklanon, Akeanon) is spoken in the province of Aklan on the island of Panay in the Philippines. Its unique feature among other Philippine languages is the close-mid back unrounded vowel represented by the phoneme /ea/ as in the name Akeanon (Aklanon).
Malaynon dialect is 93% lexically similar to Aklanon. The dialect managed to retain the "l" sounds which often pronounced as "r".
Ibayjanon (Ibajaynon) dialect has shortened versions of Aklanon words.
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