TheInabaknon language, also known asAbaknon,Abaknon Sama,Capuleño,Kapul, orCapul Sinama, is anAustronesian language primarily spoken in theIsland Municipality ofCapul ofNorthern Samar, in theEastern Visayas Region of the Philippines.^[1]

Unlike the other indigenous languages of theEastern Visayas, namelyWaray,Cebuano andBoholano, Inabaknon is not classified as part of theVisayan language family, but is rather grouped with theSama–Bajaw languages.^[2]

Inabaknon is spoken on the island of Capul in the province of Northern Samar. According to oral folk history, due to their not liking the religion of theMoros who ruled over them, a group of people and their leader Abak fledBalabac. They sailed until reaching the island.^[3] The language is notable as being the only Sama language to not have had major Arabic influence via Islam.^[4]

• The consonants in parentheses are only used in loanwords.

• The mid vowels /e o/ are only found in loanwords.

• I Capul, siray patiʼ inaʼanto / Capul, noon at ngayon: Ang kasaysayan ng palo ng Capul / Capul, before and now: a history of Capul Island. Manila: Summer Institute of Linguistics. 1983.
• Jacobson, Marc R.; Jacobson, Suzanne M. (1980)."Sama Abaknon phonology".Philippine Journal of Linguistics.11 (1):32–44.

• Literature and articles in Literature and articles in Abaknon.

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