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Maranao language

Not to be confused with Melanau language.

Maranao
Basa a Mëranaw
باسا أ مراناو
Pronunciation[ˈmәranaw]
Native toPhilippines
RegionLanao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Northwest Bukidnon, Northwest Maguindanao del Norte, Northwest Cotabato, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Zamboanga, Davao, Cebu, Ilocos, Quiapo, Manila and Sabah, Malaysia
EthnicityMaranao
Native speakers
c. 2.5 Millions[1]
Dialects
Latin;
Historically written in Jawi (Batang Arab)[2]
Official status
Official language in
Regional language in the Philippines
Regulated byKomisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Language codes
ISO 639-3mrw
Glottologmara1404
Area where Maranao is spoken

Maranao (Filipino: Wikang Mëranaw[4]; Jawi: باسا أ مراناو), sometimes spelled as Maranaw, Meranaw or Mëranaw, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Maranao people in the provinces of Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte and their respective cities of Marawi and Iligan located in the Philippines, as well found also in Sabah, Malaysia. It is spoken among the Moros within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

It is more closer to Iranun than to Maguindanao within the Danao subgroup.

  1. ^ "2020 Census of Population and Housing, Report No. 2A - Demographic and Housing Characteristics (Non-Sample Variables)" (PDF). Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  2. ^ "Maranao Language and Alphabet". Omniglot. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  3. ^ Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2013). Ortograpiyang Pambansa [National Orthography] (PDF) (in Filipino). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 12, 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  4. ^ Mëranaw is the spelling recommended by the Commission on the Filipino Language[3]
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