Maguindanao language

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Maguindanao
Spoken in	Philippines
Region	Southwest Mindanao
Total speakers	1.1 million
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Mindanao Philippine Danao Maguindanao
Writing system	Latin (Filipino variant); Historically written in Jawi
Official status
Official language in	Regional language in the Philippines
Regulated by	Commission on the Filipino Language
Language codes
ISO 639-1	None
ISO 639-2	phi
ISO 639-3	mdh
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Maguindanaon is an Austronesian language spoken by majority of the population of Maguindanao Province in the Philippines. It is also spoken by sizable minorities in different parts of Mindanao such as the cities of Zamboanga, Davao, and General Santos, and the provinces of North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, South Cotabato, Sarangani, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, as well as Metro Manila.

[edit] See also

• Languages of the Philippines
• Filipino
• Cebuano
• Tausug
• Maranao
• Kapampangan
• Chabacano
• Pangasinan
• Visayan languages
• Bikol
• Ilokano
• Hiligaynon

[edit] External links

• Bansa.org Maguindanao Dictionary

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