Maguindanao
Maguindanao is an Austronesian language spoken in Philippines, by about 1.1 million people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Maguindanaon (Basa Magindanawn, Jawi: باس مڬندنون), or Magindanawn is an Austronesian language spoken by Maguindanaon people who form majority of the population of eponymous provinces of Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur in the Philippines. It is also spoken by sizable minorities in different parts of Mindanao such as the cities of Zamboanga, Davao, General Santos, and Cagayan de Oro, and the provinces of Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, South Cotabato, Sarangani, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Davao del Sur, Davao Occidental, Bukidnon as well as Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Rizal and Laguna. As of 2020, the language is ranked to be the ninth leading language spoken at home in the Philippines with only 365,032 households still speaking the language.
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Words in Maguindanao
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | ina | |
| father | ama | |
| child | wata | |
| woman | babay | |
| name | ngala | |
| eye | mata | |
| nose | ngirung | |
| tooth | ngipen | |
| tongue | dila | |
| hand | lima | |
| head | ulu | |
| blood | rugu | |
| skin | kubal | |
| knee | leb | |
| liver | hatay | |
| water | ig | |
| fire | apuy | |
| moon | ulan-ulan | |
| star | bituun | |
| sky | langit | |
| rain | ulan | |
| wind | endu | |
| mountain | palaw | |
| river | pulangi | |
| sea | kaludan | |
| leaf | laun | |
| night | magabi | |
| dog | asu | |
| cat | bedung | |
| fish | seda |
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