Danao languages

Danao languages
Danao languages
Native to	Mindanao
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Greater Central Philippine languages Danao languages; ; ;
Official status
Official language in	Maguindanao, Maranao, Iranun
Recognised minority; language in	Regional language in the Philippines
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	dana693
	Geographic extent of Danao languages based on Ethnologue maps

Locator map of Maguindanao, where *Maguindanaoan* and *Iranun* are spoken.

Locator map of *Lanao del Sur*, where *Maranao* is spoken.

The Danao languages are a group of Austronesian languages spoken in Mindanao, Philippines. They are the Maguindanaon, Maranao and Iranun languages.

At 65,032 households, the Maguindanao people have approximately one million Maguindanaon native speakers. In turn, Maranao people, primarily concentrated along Lake Lanao have 780,000 speakers. The Iranun people have the smallest number, at approximately 250,000 speakers.

Examples

Days in Danao languages
Filipino	Maguindanaon	Maranao	English
Lunes	Isnin.	Isnin.	Monday.
Martes	Salasa.	Salasa.	Tuesday.
Miyerkules	Arba.	Arbaa.	Wednesday.
Huwebes	Kamis.	Kamis.	Thursday.
Biyernes	Giamat.	Diyamaat.	Friday.
Sabado	Saptu.	Sapto.	Saturday.
Linggo	Akad.	Akad.	Sunday.

**Numbers in Danao languages**
Filipino	Numeral	Maguindanaon	Iranun	Maranao
isa	1	isa	isa	isa
dalawa	2	dua	duwa	dowa
tatlo	3	telu	telu	telo
apat	4	pat	pat	pat
lima	5	lima	lima	lima
anim	6	nem	nem	nem
pito	7	pitu	pitu	pito
walo	8	walu	walu	walo
siyam	9	siaw	siyaw	siyao
sampu	10	sapulu	sapulo	sapolo

References

↑ Maguindanaon | Ethnic Groups of the Philippines, archived from the original on 2024-02-26, retrieved 2025-03-04
↑ Maranao | Ethnic Groups of the Philippines, archived from the original on 2024-02-23, retrieved 2025-03-04
↑ On the Periphery: A Linguistic Profile of Iranun, Philippines (ilp) and Sama, Central (sml) | researchgate.net

Allison, E.J. 1979. "Proto-Danaw: A Comparative Study of Maranaw, Magindanaw and Iranun". In Gallman, A., Allison, E., Harmon, C. and Witucki, J. editors, Papers in Philippine Linguistics No. 10. A-55:53-112. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University. doi:10.15144/PL-A55.53

[1] Maguindanaon | Ethnic Groups of the Philippines, archived from the original on 2024-02-26, retrieved 2025-03-04

[2] Maranao | Ethnic Groups of the Philippines, archived from the original on 2024-02-23, retrieved 2025-03-04

[3] On the Periphery: A Linguistic Profile of Iranun, Philippines (ilp) and Sama, Central (sml) | researchgate.net