Mëranaw language

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The Mëranaw language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Maranao people of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, known for its rich oral tradition and use in Islamic cultural and religious contexts.

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Mëranaw language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Philippine language
closelyRelatedTo Iranun language
Maguindanaon language
country Philippines
hasAlternativeName Maranao language
Maranaw language
linked to: Maranao language

Meranao language
hasBasicWordOrder verb–subject–object
hasEthnologueEntry Maranao
hasFeature rich oral tradition
hasGlottocode mara1402
hasISO639-3Code mrw
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic
English
Malay
Spanish
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive stress
distinctive vowel length
historicalWritingSystem Arabic script
Batang Arab script
linked to: Jawi script
isMinorityLanguageIn Philippines
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Greater Central Philippine languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
primaryReligionOfSpeakers Islam
recognizedBy Commission on the Filipino Language
region Lake Lanao region
southern Philippines
spokenBy Maranao people
linked to: Maranao
spokenIn Lanao del Norte
Lanao del Sur
Mindanao
Philippines
subgroupOf Danao languages
usedBy ulama in Lanao region
usedFor Islamic sermons
Qurʼanic exegesis explanations
folktales
traditional poetry
usedIn Darangen epic
Islamic education
Islamic religious contexts
Maranao oral literature
usedInEducation mother tongue-based multilingual education in the Philippines
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Maranao language hasAlternativeName Mëranaw language