Maguindanao language
Maguindanao or 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. This was the language of the historic Sultanate of Maguindanao, which existed before and during the Spanish colonial period from 1500–1888.
| Maguindanao | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Southwest Mindanao |
| Ethnicity | Maguindanao |
Native speakers | 1.1 million (2010)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Latin; Historically Jawi | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Regional language in the Philippines |
| Regulated by | Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mdh |
| Glottolog | magu1243[2] |
 Area where Maguindanaoan is spoken | |
See also
References
- Maguindanao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Maguindanao". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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