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Danao languages

Danao languages
Native toMindanao
Official status
Official language in
Maguindanao, Maranao, Iranun
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologdana693
Geographic extent of Danao languages based on Ethnologue maps
Locator map of Maguindanao, where Maguindanaoan and Iranun are spoken.
Locator map of Lanao del Sur, where Maranao is spoken.

The Danao languages are a group of Austronesian languages spoken in Mindanao, Philippines. They are the Maguindanaon, Maranao and Iranun languages.

At 65,032 households, the Maguindanao people have approximately one million Maguindanaon native speakers.[1] In turn, Maranao people, primarily concentrated along Lake Lanao have 780,000 speakers.[2] The Iranun people have the smallest number, at approximately 250,000 speakers.[3]

  1. ↑ Maguindanaon | Ethnic Groups of the Philippines
  2. ↑ Maranao | Ethnic Groups of the Philippines
  3. ↑ On the Periphery: A Linguistic Profile of Iranun, Philippines (ilp) and Sama, Central (sml) | researchgate.net
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