Danao languages

Danao languages
Danao
Geographic
distribution:		 east Mindanao, Sabah
Linguistic classification: Austronesian
Subdivisions:
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The Danao languages are a group of languages spoken in the Philippines. They are Maguindanao and Maranao, each with approximately a million speakers.

Each language has a dialect called Iranun; the Maranao Iranun is spoken in Borneo, in Malaysian Sabah.



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