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Maranao

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3: mrw

Population	776,000 (1990 census).
Region	Mindanao, Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur provinces.
Language map	Southern Philippines, reference number 128
Alternate names	Maranaw, Ranao
Dialects	Intelligibility of Iranun [mdh] (see Magindanaon) 87%; of Maguindanao 52%.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Greater Central Philippine, Danao, Maranao-Iranon
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 20%. Dictionary. NT: 1981.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Muslim, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ALLISON, E. Joseph, author. 1979. "Proto-Danaw: a comparative study of Maranaw, Magindanaw, and Iranun."

AL-MACARAYA, Batua; MCKAUGHAN, Howard P., authors. 1965. "Maranao plant names."

AL-MACARAYA, Batua; MCKAUGHAN, Howard P., compilers. 1967. A Maranao dictionary.

AL-MACARAYA, Batua; MCKAUGHAN, Howard P., editors. 1996. A Maranao dictionary.

FORSTER, Jannette; WARD, Robert G., authors. 1967. "Verb stem classes in Maranao transitive clauses."

MCKAUGHAN, Howard P., author. 1957. The inflection and syntax of Maranao verbs.

MCKAUGHAN, Howard P., author. 1958. The inflection and syntax of Maranao verbs.

MCKAUGHAN, Howard P., author. 1959. "Semantic components of pronoun systems: Maranao."

MCKAUGHAN, Howard P., author. 1962. "Overt relation markers in Maranao."

MCKAUGHAN, Howard P., author. 1963. "Relation markers in Maranao verbs."

MCKAUGHAN, Howard P., author. Available: 2011; Created: 1960. English Linguistics 223-E, Philippine-English Language Structures, University of the Philippines.