Danao languages

The Danao languages are a group of Austronesian languages spoken in the Philippines. They are Maguindanao and Maranao, each with approximately a million speakers; and Iranun with approximately 250,000 speakers.

Danao
Geographic
distribution
east Mindanao, Sabah
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
Glottologdana1253[1]

References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Danaw". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  • 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


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