Austronesian · ISO 639-3 mdh
Maguindanaon Language Magindanaw
Maguindanaon is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1.3 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Maguindanaon is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Maguindanaon
Language family
- Austronesian
- Malayo-Polynesian
- Greater Central Philippine
- Danaw
- Maguindanaon
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Maguindanaon language
Maguindanaon (Magindanaw) is spoken by about 1.3 million people, which makes it the 409th most spoken language in the world — just behind Haya (1.3 million) and ahead of Masaaba (1.3 million). It belongs to the Austronesian language family and, more precisely, to the Danaw group within the Greater Central Philippine branch.
Where is Maguindanaon spoken?
Maguindanaon is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Philippines (1.4 million).
Maguindanaon is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in Philippines.
Writing system and status
Maguindanaon is written in the Latin script. Glottolog classifies it as threatened, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Filipino, Cebuano, Tagalog, Hiligaynon, Bikol, Waray (Philippines) and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 mdh.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.