Iranun

E145506

Iranun is an Austronesian language spoken by the Iranun people of the southern Philippines and parts of Sabah and Mindanao, closely related to Maranao and Maguindanaon.

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Iranun canonical 8

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Philippine language
belongsTo Mindanao languages
closelyRelatedTo Maguindanaon
Maranao
country Malaysia
Philippines
countryStatusInPhilippines recognized minority language
dialectOf Iranun language continuum
linked to: Iranun language
ethnicGroupAssociated Iranun people
hasAlternativeName Ilanun
Illanun
Iranon
hasDialect Mindanao Iranun
linked to: Mindanao

Sabah Iranun
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (in some dialects)
rich system of verbal affixation
historicalAssociation Iranun maritime communities of Illana Bay
iso639-3Code ilp
languageFamily Austronesian
languageStatus minority language
lexicalSimilarityWith Maguindanaon
Maranao
linguisticArea Greater Central Philippines linguistic area
morphologicalType agglutinative
neighboringLanguage Cebuano
linked to: Cebuano language

Sama-Bajaw languages
Tagalog
Tausug
primaryWordOrder VSO/VOS
region Lanao del Sur
Maguindanao Province
linked to: Maguindanao

Sabah, Malaysia
linked to: Sabah

coastal areas of Illana Bay
southwestern Mindanao
religionOfSpeakers Islam
script Latin script
spokenBy Iranun people
spokenIn Mindanao
Philippines
Sabah
southern Philippines
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian
subgroup Greater Central Philippine languages
typologicalFeature focus-based voice system
verb–initial word order tendency
usedIn Islamic religious contexts among Iranun Muslims
traditional Iranun oral literature
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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