Maranao language

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Maranao
Spoken in	Philippines
Region	Central Mindanao
Total speakers	1.15 million
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Mindanao Danao Maranao
Writing system	Latin (Filipino variant); Historically written in Arabic
Official status
Official language in	Regional language in the Philippines
Regulated by	Commission on the Filipino Language
Language codes
ISO 639-1	None
ISO 639-2	phi
ISO 639-3	mrw
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode.

Maranao is an Austronesian language spoken in the provinces of Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur in the Philippines.

[edit] See also

• Languages of the Philippines
• Filipino
• Cebuano
• Tausug
• Maguindanao
• Kapampangan
• Chavacano
• Pangasinan
• Visayan languages
• Bikol
• Ilokano
• Hiligaynon

[edit] External links

• Bansa.org Maranao Dictionary

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