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| Maranao | |
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| Basa a Mëranaw باسا أ مراناو | |
| Pronunciation | [ˈmәranaw] |
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Lanao 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 |
| Ethnicity | Maranao |
Native speakers | 1,800,130 (2020)[1] |
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| Latin; Historically written in Jawi | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Regional language in the Philippines |
| Regulated by | Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mrw |
| Glottolog | mara1404 |
 Area where Maranao is spoken | |
Maranao (Filipino: Mëranaw[3]; Kirim: باسا أ مراناو) is an Austronesian language spoken by the Maranao people in the provinces of Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte and the cities of Marawi and Iligan City in the Philippines, as well as in Sabah, Malaysia. It is a subgroup of the Danao languages of the Moros in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
Iranun was once considered a dialect of Maranao.
Unique among other Danao languages, Maranao is spoken with a distinct downstep accent, as opposed to stress accent.[citation needed] Additionally, Maranao features aspirated "hard consonants", which also raise the quality of following vowels.[4][5]
- ^ "2020 Census of Population and Housing, Report No. 2A - Demographic and Housing Characteristics (Non-Sample Variables)" (PDF). Retrieved May 2, 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mëranaw is the spelling recommended by the Commission on the Filipino Language[2]
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