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Danao languages

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Geographic distribution:
  
east Mindanao, Sabah

Glottolog:
  
dana1253

Linguistic classification:
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Mindanao Danao

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

Danao languages Wikipedia