Danao languages explained

Danao
Region:Mindanao, Malaysia (Sabah)
Ethnicity:Maguindanaon, Maranao and Iranun
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Philippine
Fam4:Greater Central Philippine
Protoname:Proto-Danao
Glotto:dana1253
Glottorefname:Danaw
Map:Danao languages map.jpeg
Mapcaption:Geographic extent of Danao languages based on Ethnologue maps

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.

Numerals

1 isa isa isa
2 dua duwa dowa
3 telu telu telo
4 pat pat pat
5 lima lima lima
6 nem nem nem
7 pitu pitu pito
8 walu walu walo
9 siaw siyaw siyao
10 sapulu sapulo sapolo

Sample texts

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Maguindanaon:

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Maranao:
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Iranun:
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English:
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Negatives

Time!Type!Maguindanaon!Maranao!English
Present / Progressive
Past
Future
Possessions
Qualities

Object-focus Sentences

Time!Tense!Maguindanaon!Maranao!English
Present
Past
Present
Past
Future (-en)
Future (-en)
Future (i-)
Future (i-)
Future (-an)
Future (-an)
Command (-a)
Command (-an)
Command (-i)

Notes

References