Iranun language
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| Iranun | |
|---|---|
| إيراناونساي | |
| Native to | Philippines Malaysia |
| Region | Southwest Mindanao Sabah, Malaysia |
| Ethnicity | Iranun |
Native speakers | (250,000 cited 1981 [needs update])[1] |
| Latin historically written in Jawi | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:ilp – Philippine Iranunilm – Malaysian Iranun |
| Glottolog | iran1262 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
 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 del Norte after the Maguindanao language.[2]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]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, Kolambugan, and Iligan
- Lanao del Sur: Kapatagan, Balabagan, Malabang, Amai Manabilang, Wao, and Picong
- Bukidnon: Kalilangan
- Zamboanga del Sur: Pagadian, San Pablo, Dumalinao, Dimataling, Labangan, and Tukuran
- Sabah, Malaysia: Kota Belud, Lahad Datu, and Kota Kinabalu.
Phonology
[edit | edit source]Consonants
[edit | edit source]| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
| Fricative | s | ||||
| Trill | r | ||||
| Lateral | l | ||||
| Approximant | w | j | |||
Vowels
[edit | edit source]| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Open | a |
Sounds /i, u, a/ can also have allophones of [ɪ, e], [o], [ʌ], among speakers.[4]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ 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
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
