Jakun is an
Austronesian language, perhaps a dialect of
Malay, spoken in
Malaysia. Specifically it is spoken on the east coast and inland of Peninsular Malaysia, around the Pairang River, from
Pekan in
Pahang to Sri Gading, east to Benut, northwest to middle
Muar River area around the districts of
Segamat,
Muar and
Tangkak in Johor. It is also known as Djakun, Jakoon, Jaku’d, Jakud’n or Orang Hulu.[2]
The language is native to the
Jakun tribe belonging to the
Proto-Malay branch of the indigenous natives of Malaysia, the
Orang Asli.