Iranun language
| Iranun | |
|---|---|
| إيراناونساي | |
| Native to | Iranun |
Native speakers | (250,000 cited 1981 [needs update])[1] |
| Jawi Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:ilp – Philippine Iranunilm – Malaysian Iranun |
| Glottolog | iran1262 |
 Areas where Iranun is spoken | |
The Iranun language (
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:[3]
- Sultan Kudarat
- Cotabato: Alamada, Banisilan, Carmen, Libungan, and Pigcawayan
- Kolambugan
- Bukidnon: Kalilangan
- Dimataling and Tukuran
- Sabah: Kota Belud, Lahad Datu, and Kota Kinabalu.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plosive
|
voiceless | p | t
|
k | |
| voiced | b | d
|
ɡ | ||
| Nasal | m | n
|
ŋ | ||
Fricative
|
s | ||||
| Trill | r
|
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| Lateral | l
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Approximant
|
w | j | |||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Open | a |
Sounds /i, u, a/ can also have allophones of [ɪ, e], [o], [ʌ], among speakers.[4]
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)." Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine National Statistics Office. N.p., 1 Oct. 2002. Web. 16 July 2013.
- ^ Ethnologue
- ^ Allison, E. Joe (1979). Proto-Danaw: A comparative study of Maranaw, Magindanaw, and Iranun. In Papers in Philippine Linguistics No. 10: Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 53–112.
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