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                   MAGINDANAON: a language of Philippines

                               SIL code:  MDH
                               ISO 639-2: phi


 Population       1,000,000 (1999 WA) including 766,565 Magindanaon (1990
                  census), 241,000 Iranun (1981 SIL), 1.7% of the
                  population.
 Region           Maguindanao, North Cotabato, South Cotabato, Sultan
                  Kuderat, and Zamboanga del Sur provinces; Iranun also in
                  Bukidnon, Mindanao.
 Alternate names  MAGUINDANAO, MAGINDANAW
 Dialects         LAYA, ILUD, BIWANGAN, SIBUGAY, IRANUN (ILANON, ILLANON,
                  ILANUM, IRANON), TAGAKAWANAN.
 Classification   Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Western
                  Malayo-Polynesian, Southern Philippine, Danao,
                  Magindanao.
 Comments         84% intelligibility of Iranun, 60% of Maranao. Iranun has
                  98% intelligibility of Maguindanaon; 96% of Illanun of
                  Sabah, Malaysia and 95% of Maranao. Subdialects of
                  Iranun: Iranun and Isebanganen. Comprehension of Tagalog
                  is low. Trade language. Dictionary. Literacy rate in
                  first language: 60%. Literacy rate in second language:
                  60%. Muslim, Christian. Bible portions 1946-1995.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

     Eck, Jerry. 1974. "Magindanao penultimate vowels."

     Fleischman, Eric. 1981. "The decline of datuship in the Iranun
     sultanate of Linek."

     Fleischman, Eric. 1986. "Maguindanaon verbal inflection."

     Lee, Ernest W. 1962. "On non-syllabic high vocoids in
     Maguindanao."

     Lee, Ernest W. 1964. "Maguindanao /l/."

     Lee, Ernest W. 1964. "Non-focus verbs in Maguindanao."

     Moe, Ronald. 1986. "How to find verb roots."

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