Maranao language
| Maranaoan | |
|---|---|
| Mëranaw | |
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Central Mindanao |
| Ethnicity | Maranao people |
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Native speakers
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unknown (780,000 cited 1990 census)[1] |
| Latin; Historically written in Arabic |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mrw |
| Glottolog | mara1404[2] |
Area where Maranao is spoken
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Maranaoan (Maranao [ˈmәranaw] Mëranaw)[3] is an Austronesian language spoken by the Maranao people in the provinces of Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur in the Philippines, and in Sabah, Malaysia.
Iranun was once considered a dialect.
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Phonology
Below is the sound system of Maranao including underlying phonetic features.[4]
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | ɪ | u | |
| Mid | ə | o | |
| Open | a |
Consonants
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||||
| Plosive | Voiceless | ʔ | |||||
| Voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||||
| Fricative | (h) | ||||||
| Flap | ɾ | ||||||
| Lateral | l | ||||||
| Approximant | w | j | |||||
Velar fricative [h]
According to Lobel (2013), [h] only occurs in a select number of Malay loanwords:
- tohan 'God'
- tahon 'astrological sign'
- hadapan 'in front (of God)'
Consonant elongation
Consonants are also pronounced longer if preceded with a schwa ə. However, this process is not a form of gemination since consonant elongation in Mëranao is not distinctive as seen in other Philippine languages such as Ilokano and Ibanag. Some of these are:
- tepad [təpːad] 'get off a vehicle'
- tekaw [təkːaw] 'startled; surprised'
- Meranaw is spoken by the Maranao tribe.
- Solutan (Sultan) (Sultan of Gandamatu) Sultan sa Gandamatu.
See also
References
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Maranao language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator |
- Bansa.org, Maranao Dictionary
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- ↑ Maranaoan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- ↑ http://www.kwf.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/Ortograpiyang-Pambansa1.pdf
- ↑ Lobel, Jason William. 2013. Philippine and North Bornean languages: issues in description, subgrouping, and reconstruction. Ph.D. dissertation. Manoa: University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
