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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

MeaningWordRomanization
motherina
fatherama
childwata
womanbabay
namengala
eyemata
nosengirung
toothngipen
tonguedila
handlima
headulu
bloodrugu
skinkubal
kneeleb
liverhatay
waterig
fireapuy
moonulan-ulan
starbituun
skylangit
rainulan
windendu
mountainpalaw
riverpulangi
seakaludan
leaflaun
nightmagabi
dogasu
catbedung
fishseda

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