Maranao language

Maranaw language
Maranaw language
Basa a Mëranaw; باسا أ مراناو
Pronunciation	mrw
Native to	Philippines
Region	ARMM Lanao del Sur; Lanao del Norte; Northwest Bukidnon; Northwest Maguindanao del Norte; Northwest Cotabato; Misamis Occidental; Misamis Oriental; Zamboanga; Davao; Quiapo, Manila; Sabah, Malaysia;
Ethnicity	Maranao
Native speakers	approx. 2.5M
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Danao Maranaw language; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	• Iranaon (People of the Lake); • Iranun; • Mëragatën; • Bolokaon;
Writing system	Latin;; historically written in Jawi script (Batang Arab)
Official status
Official language in	Regional language in the Philippines
Regulated by	Commission on the Filipino Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mrw
Glottolog	mara1404
	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.

Distribution

Maranao is spoken in the following provinces, all located in the island of Mindanao in southern Philippines.

↑ 2020 Census of Population and Housing, Report No. 2A | psa.gov.ph (PDF)
↑ Maranao Language and Alphabet | omniglot.com
↑ Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2013). Ortograpiyang Pambansa [National Orthography] (PDF) (in Filipino). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
↑ Mëranaw is the spelling recommended by the Commission on the Filipino Language^[3]

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