Iranun language

Iranunsaya
Iranunsaya
إيراناونساي
Native to	Philippines
Region	Southwest Mindanao
Ethnicity	Iranun
Native speakers	(250,000 cited 1981)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Danao Maranao–Iranun Iranunsaya; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Jawi; latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; ilp – Philippine Iranun; ilm – Malaysian Iranun
Glottolog	iran1262
	Areas where Iranun is spoken

The Iranun language (Jawi: إيراناونساي) also Iranon, Illanun is an Austronesian language belonging to the Danao languages spoken in the provinces of Maguindanao 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 after the Maguindanao language.^[2]

Distribution[]

Iranun is spoken in the following areas (Ethnologue).

Maguindanao: Barira, Buldon, Parang, Matanog, Sultan Mastura, and Sultan Kudarat
Cotabato: Alamada, Banisilan, Carmen, Libungan, and Pigcawayan
Lanao del Norte: Kauswagan and Kolambugan
Lanao del Sur: Balabagan, Bumbaran, and Picong (southeastern tip)
Bukidnon: Kalilangan
Zamboanga del Sur: Pagadian, Dumalinao, Dimataling and Tukuran (only coastal part)

References[]

^ Philippine Iranun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Malaysian Iranun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ "Maguindanao: Population to Reach One Million in 2006 (Results from the 2000 Census of Population and Housing, NSO)." National Statistics Office. N.p., 1 Oct. 2002. Web. 16 July 2013.

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[e18-1] 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)." National Statistics Office. N.p., 1 Oct. 2002. Web. 16 July 2013.

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