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Iranun language

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Native to
  
Philippines

Ethnicity
  
Iranun people

Writing system
  
Latin

Region
  
Southwest Mindanao

Native speakers
  
(250,000 cited 1981)

Iranun language

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Mindanao Danao Maranao–Iranun Iranunsaya

The Iranun language also Iranon, Illanun is an Austronesian language belonging to the Danao languages spoken in the provinces of Maguindanao and other part of Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte and Cotabato in southern Philippines and the Malaysian state of Sabah. It is the second most spoken language in Maguindanao after the Maguindanao language.

Distribution

Iranun is spoken in the following areas (Ethnologue).

  • Maguindanao Province: Barida, Buidon, Parang, Sultan Mastera, and Sultan Kudarat municipalities
  • Cotabato Province: Alamada, Banasilan, Carmen, Libungan, and Pigcawayan municipallities
  • Lanao del Sur Province: southeastern tip
  • Bukidnon Province: Kalilangan municipality

    • References

    Iranun language Wikipedia
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