Maguindanao del Norte, Maguindanao del Sur, Sultan Kudarat, North Cotabato, South Cotabato, Sarangani, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Davao del Sur, Davao del Norte, Davao Occidental
Ethnicity
Maguindanaon
Native speakers
2,021,099 - 3,219,000 (2020)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Philippine
Greater Central Philippine
Danao
Maguindanaon
Dialects
Tau sa Ilud
Tau sa Laya
Biwangen
Writing system
Latin Arabic (Jawi)
Official status
Official language in
Regional language in the Philippines
Regulated by
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Language codes
ISO 639-3
mdh
Glottolog
magu1243
Areas where Maguindanaon is the majority language
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Maguindanaon (basa Magindanawn, Jawi: باس مڬندنون), or Magindanawn is an Austronesian language spoken by Maguindanaon people who form majority of the population of eponymous provinces of Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur in the Philippines. It is also spoken by sizable minorities in different parts of Mindanao such as the cities of Zamboanga, Davao, and General Santos, and the provinces of North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, South Cotabato, Sarangani, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Davao del Sur, as well as Metro Manila.
^"Ethnicity in the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing)". Retrieved 2023-07-04.
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