Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Southeast Asia
Iranun | |
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إيراناونساي | |
Native to | Philippines Malaysia |
Region | Southwest Mindanao Sabah, Malaysia |
Ethnicity | Iranun |
Native speakers | (250,000 cited 1981 [needs update])[1] |
Jawi Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:ilp – Philippine Iranunilm – Malaysian Iranun |
Glottolog | iran1262 |
![]() Areas where Iranun is spoken |
The Iranun language (Jawi: إيراناونساي), also known as Iranon or Illanun, is an Austronesian language belonging to the Danao languages spoken in the provinces of Maguindanao del Norte and other part of Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte, coastal municipalities of Zamboanga del Sur from Tukuran to Dumalinao and Cotabato in southern Philippines and the Malaysian state of Sabah. It is the second most spoken language in Maguindanao after the Maguindanao language.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Iranun is spoken in the following areas:[3]
- Maguindanao del Norte: Barira, Buldon, Parang, Matanog, Sultan Mastura, and Sultan Kudarat
- Cotabato: Alamada, Banisilan, Carmen, Libungan, and Pigcawayan
- Lanao del Norte: Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Kauswagan and Kolambugan
- Lanao del Sur: Kapatagan, Balabagan, Malabang, Bumbaran, Wao, and Picong
- Bukidnon: Kalilangan
- Zamboanga del Sur: Pagadian, San Pablo, Dumalinao, Dimataling and Tukuran
- Sabah, Malaysia: Kota Belud, Lahad Datu, and Kota Kinabalu.
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | |
voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
Fricative | s | ||||
Trill | r | ||||
Lateral | l | ||||
Approximant | w | j |
Vowels
[edit]Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | ɨ | u |
Open | a |
Sounds /i, u, a/ can also have allophones of [ɪ, e], [o], [ʌ], among speakers.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Philippine Iranun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Malaysian Iranun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ "Maguindanao: Population to Reach One Million in 2006 (Results from the 2000 Census of Population and Housing, NSO)." Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine National Statistics Office. N.p., 1 Oct. 2002. Web. 16 July 2013.
- ^ Ethnologue
- ^ Allison, E. Joe (1979). Proto-Danaw: A comparative study of Maranaw, Magindanaw, and Iranun. In Papers in Philippine Linguistics No. 10: Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 53–112.
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