Danao languages
Danao | |
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Geographic distribution: | east Mindanao, Sabah |
Linguistic classification: | |
Glottolog: | dana1253[1] |
The Danao languages are a group of languages spoken in the Philippines. They are Maguindanao and Maranao, each with approximately a million speakers.
Each language has a dialect called Iranun; Maranao Iranun is spoken in Borneo, in Malaysian Sabah, in addition to in the Philippines.
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Danao". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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