Meranao language

E685746

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Meranao language canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Philippine language
associatedWithEthnicGroup Maranao people
linked to: Maranao
associatedWithReligion Islam
closelyRelatedTo Iranun language
Maguindanaon language
country Philippines
glottologName Maranao
hasAlternativeName Maranao language
Maranaw language
linked to: Maranao language

Mëranaw language
hasEthnologueCode mrw
hasFeature rich oral literature
hasGlottocode mara1402
hasLinguisticTypology verb–initial word order tendency
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic
Malay
Spanish
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasNotableWork Darangen
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich vowel system
hasStandardForm variety based in Marawi area
hasWritingSystem Arabic script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
ISO639-3Code mrw
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Greater Central Philippine languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
partOf Mindanao linguistic area
region southern Philippines
scriptDirection left-to-right (Latin script)
right-to-left (Arabic script)
spokenBy Maranao people
linked to: Maranao
spokenIn Lanao del Norte
Lanao del Sur
Mindanao
Philippines
subclassOf Greater Central Philippine language
usedFor daily communication among Maranao people
epic chanting
traditional poetry
usedIn Islamic cultural contexts
Islamic religious contexts
oral literature
usedInEducation mother tongue-based education in parts of Mindanao

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maranao language hasAlternativeName Meranao language
Mëranaw language hasAlternativeName Meranao language