Alternate Names: Maranaw, Ranao
Dialects: None known. Intelligibility of Iranun , 87%, of Maguindanaon , 52%.
Status Notes: De facto language of provincial identity in Lanao del Sur.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 776,000 (1990 census).
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 20%. Taught in primary schools, in Lanao provinces. Dictionary. NT: 1981.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Philippines
Other Comments: Muslim.