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Danao languages

New Guinea and Pacific Language Families

The Danao languages are a group of Austronesian languages spoken in the Philippines. They are the Maguindanaon and Maranao, each with approximately a million speakers, and Iranun with approximately 250,000 speakers.

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Classification Confidence
Established 1
Reconstructed Ancestor
Reconstructed 2
Region
Mindanao, Philippines, and Sabah, Malaysia 2
Proto-Language Status
Named: Proto-Danao 2
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Number of Languages
3 1
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Sources
1. Glottolog: Danaw - Glottolog
Glottolog
  • Record JSON: child_language_count
    "child_language_count": 3
  • Record JSON: category
    "category": "Family"
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2. Danao languages, Wikipedia
  • Infobox: region
    Mindanao, Malaysia (Sabah)
  • Infobox: protoname
    Proto-Danao
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Wikidata: Danao languages
Wikidata Q3123295, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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