Maranao
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- Language: Maranao
- Alternate names:: Maranaw, Ranao
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:mrw
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Greater Central Philippine, Danao, Maranao-Iranon
- Number of speakers: 776,000
- Script:
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Introduction
Maranao is a language of Philippines. It is spoken in Mindanao, Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur provinces. .
Dialects
Intelligibility of Iranun (See: Iranun) 87%, of Maguindanaon (See: Maguindanaon) 52%.
The Maranao Verb
Sample Verbs
to bite | kekeb |
to blow | sagosob |
to breathe | peŋ-gi|nawa |
to burn | totoŋ |
to buy | mamasa |
to chew | sepaq |
to choose | piliq |
to climb | ma-manik |
to come | danon |
to cook | lotoq |
to count | bilaŋ, iap |
to cry | olaqol |
to cut, hack | titig |
to die, be dead | matay |
to dig | kali |
to dream | taginep |
to drink | inom |
to eat | kan, koman |
to fall | olog |
to fear | kawan |
to flow | boak |
to fly | layog |
to grow | toq |
to hear | makineg |
to hide | dales |
to hit | totog |
to hold | kapet |
to hunt | anop |
to kill | bonoq |
to know, be knowledgeable | bentaw, katawan |
to laugh | kalaq |
to lie down | igaq |
to live, be alive | oiag |
to open, uncover | okab |
to plant | pamola |
to pound, beat | dakdak |
to say | gandiŋ |
to scratch | kaket |
to see | ilay |
to sew | pamanaqi |
to shoot | panaq, timbak |
to sit | ontod |
to sleep | torog |
to sniff, smell | baŋo |
to spit | otaq |
to split | sipak |
to squeeze | kemel |
to stab, pierce | sandak |
to stand | i|rigi |
to steal | panekew |
to suck | sosop |
to swell | kembaŋ |
to swim | laŋoy |
to think | iram |
to throw | itog |
to tie up, fasten | iket |
to turn | tiŋer |
to walk | lalakaw |
to vomit | goaq |
to work | kogi |
to yawn |