Iranun language

The Iranun language (Jawi: إيراناونساي), also known as Iranon or Illanun, is an Austronesian language belonging to the Danao languages spoken in the provinces of Maguindanao del Norte and other part of Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte, coastal municipalities of Zamboanga del Sur from Tukuran to Dumalinao and Cotabato in southern Philippines and the Malaysian state of Sabah. It is the second most spoken language in Maguindanao after the Maguindanao language.^[2]

Iranun
إيراناونساي
Native to	Philippines Malaysia
Region	Southwest Mindanao Sabah, Malaysia
Ethnicity	Iranun
Native speakers	(250,000 cited 1981 [needs update])[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Danao Maranao–Iranun Iranun
Writing system	Latin historically written in Jawi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: ilp – Philippine Iranun ilm – Malaysian Iranun
Glottolog	iran1262
Areas where Iranun is spoken

Distribution

Iranun is spoken in the following areas:^[3]

• Maguindanao del Norte: Barira, Buldon, Parang, Matanog, Sultan Mastura, and Sultan Kudarat
• Cotabato: Alamada, Banisilan, Carmen, Libungan, and Pigcawayan
• Lanao del Norte: Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Kauswagan and Kolambugan
• Lanao del Sur: Kapatagan, Balabagan, Malabang, Bumbaran, Wao, and Picong
• Bukidnon: Kalilangan
• Zamboanga del Sur: Pagadian, San Pablo, Dumalinao, Dimataling, Labangan and Tukuran
• Sabah, Malaysia: Kota Belud, Lahad Datu, and Kota Kinabalu.

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k
	voiced	b	d		ɡ
Nasal		m	n		ŋ
Fricative			s
Trill			r
Lateral			l
Approximant		w		j

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Open		a

Sounds /i, u, a/ can also have allophones of [ɪ, e], [o], [ʌ], among speakers.^[4]