Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Southeast Asia
Iranun
إيراناونساي
Native to
Philippines Malaysia
Region
Southwest Mindanao Sabah, Malaysia
Ethnicity
Iranun
Native speakers
(250,000 cited 1981 [needs update])[1]
Language family
Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Philippine
Greater Central Philippine
Danao
Maranao–Iranun
Iranun
Writing system
Jawi Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Either: ilp – Philippine Iranun ilm – 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]
^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.
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