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, Cotabato; parts of Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte; and municipalities along the coast of Zamboanga del Sur (from Tukuran to Dumalinao); and the Malaysian state of Sabah.

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

Iranun is the second most spoken language in the Maguindanao provinces after their own native Maguindanao language.^[2]

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.^[3]