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                     MARANAO: a language of Philippines

                               SIL code:  MRW
                               ISO 639-2: phi


 Population       776,169 (1990 census), 1.4% of the population.
 Region           Mindanao, Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur provinces.
 Alternate names  RANAO, MARANAW
 Classification   Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Western
                  Malayo-Polynesian, Southern Philippine, Danao,
                  Maranao-Iranon.
 Comments         87% intelligibility of Iranun (see Magindanaon); 52% of
                  Magindanaon. Dictionary. Literacy rate in second
                  language: 20%. Muslim, Christian. NT 1981.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

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

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

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

     McKaughan, Howard P. 1962. "Overt relation markers in Maranao."

     McKaughan, Howard P. 1963. "Relation markers in Maranao verbs."

     McKaughan, Howard P. and Batua A. Macaraya, compilers. 1967. A
     Maranao dictionary.

     McKaughan, Howard P. and Batua A. Macaraya. 1965. "Maranao plant
     names."

     McKaughan, Howard P. and Batua Al-Macaraya, editors. 1996. A
     Maranao dictionary.

     Verguin. 1962. Review of The inflection and syntax of Maranao
     verbs, by McKaughan, Howard P.

     Ward, Robert G. and Jannette Forster. 1967. "Verb stem classes in
     Maranao transitive clauses."

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