Maranao
Meranaw
Maranao is an Austronesian language spoken in Philippines, by about 780 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Maranao (Filipino: Wikang Mëranaw; Jawi: باسا أ مراناو), sometimes spelled as Maranaw, Meranaw, or Mëranaw, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Maranao people in the provinces of Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte and their respective cities of Marawi and Iligan located in the Philippines, as well found also in Sabah, Malaysia. It is spoken among the Moros within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
It is closer to Iranun than to Maguindanao within the Danao subgroup.
From Wikipedia · Maranao language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Maranao
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | ina' | |
| father | ama' | |
| child | wata' | |
| man | mama | |
| woman | bebay | |
| person | taw | |
| name | ngaran | |
| eye | mata | |
| ear | tangila | |
| nose | ngirong | |
| tooth | ngipen | |
| tongue | dila' | |
| hand | lima | |
| heart | poso' | |
| head | kapala | |
| blood | dara | |
| skin | panit | |
| knee | leb | |
| breast | soso | |
| liver | atay | |
| water | ig | |
| fire | apoy | |
| sun | alongan | |
| moon | olan | |
| star | bito'on | |
| sky | langit | |
| rain | oran | |
| snow | ilo | |
| wind | ndo' | |
| stone | wato |
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- Central PalawanoAustronesian56% alike
Grammar
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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