The Iranun language (Jawi: إيراناونساي), also known as Iranon or Illanun, is an Austronesian language belonging to the Danao languages spoken in the provinces of Maguindanao del Norte, Cotabato; parts of Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte; and municipalities along the coast of Zamboanga del Sur (from Tukuran to Dumalinao); and the Malaysian state of Sabah.
| Iranun | |
|---|---|
| إيراناونساي | |
| Native to | Philippines Malaysia |
| Region | Southwest Mindanao Sabah, Malaysia |
| Ethnicity | Iranun |
Native speakers | (250,000 cited 1981 [needs update])[1] |
| Latin historically written in Jawi | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:ilp – Philippine Iranunilm – Malaysian Iranun |
| Glottolog | iran1262 |
 Areas where Iranun is spoken | |
Iranun is the second most spoken language in the Maguindanao provinces after their own native Maguindanao language.[2]
Phonology
changeConsonants
change| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
| Fricative | s | ||||
| Trill | r | ||||
| Lateral | l | ||||
| Approximant | w | j | |||
Vowels
change| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Open | a |
Sounds /i, u, a/ can also have allophones of [ɪ, e], [o], [ʌ], among speakers.[3]
References
change- ↑ Philippine Iranun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Malaysian Iranun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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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