The Danao languages are a group of Austronesian languages spoken in the Philippines. They are the Maguindanaon and Maranao, each with approximately a million speakers; and Iranun with approximately 250,000 speakers.
Numerals Numerals in Danao languages Numeral Maguindanaon Iranun Maranao 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Sample texts
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Maguindanaon: . Maranao: . Iranun: . English: .
Noun phrases + TopicMaguindanaonMaranaoEnglish + PossessiveMaguindanaonMaranaoEnglish + ReferentMaguindanaonMaranaoEnglish
Time and space + TimeMaguindanaonMaranaoEnglish +SpaceMaguindanaonMaranaoEnglish
Verbs and time + TimeMaguindanaonMaranaoEnglish
Negatives + TimeTypeMaguindanaonMaranaoEnglishPresent / Progressive Past Future Possessions Qualities
Manga, A, Aden, Da + TimeMaguindanaonMaranaoEnglish is a
Object-focus Sentences + TimeTenseMaguindanaonMaranaoEnglishPresent Past Present Past Future (-en) Future (-en) Future (i-) Future (i-) Future (-an) Future (-an) Command (-a) Command (-an) Command (-i)
Notes
References
Allison, E.J. 1979. "Proto-Danaw: A Comparative Study of Maranaw, Magindanaw and Iranun". In Gallman, A., Allison, E., Harmon, C. and Witucki, J. editors, Papers in Philippine Linguistics No. 10. A-55:53-112. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University.