Iranun language

Iranun
إيراناونساي
Native toPhilippines
Malaysia
RegionSouthwest Mindanao
Sabah
EthnicityIranun
Native speakers
(250,000 cited 1981 [needs update])
Latin
historically written in Jawi
Official status
Official language in
Regional language in the Philippines
Regulated byKomisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
ilp – Philippine Iranun
ilm – Malaysian Iranun
Glottologiran1262
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.

Distribution

Iranun is spoken in the following areas:

Phonology

Consonants

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

Front Central Back
Close i ɨ u
Open a

Sounds /i, u, a/ can also have allophones of [ɪ, e], [o], [ʌ], among speakers.

References

  1. ↑ Philippine Iranun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Malaysian Iranun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ Ethnologue
  4. ↑ 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)