Editing Maranao language (section)

{{Short description|Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines}}
{{distinguish|Melanau language}}
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{{Infobox language
| name             = Maranao
| nativename       = {{lang|mrw|Basa a Mëranaw}}<br/>{{lang|mrw-Arab|باسا أ مراناو|rtl=yes}}
| pronunciation    = {{IPA|mrw|ˈməranaw|}}
| map              = Maranao language map.png
| mapcaption       = Area where Maranao is spoken
| states           = [[Philippines]]
| region           = [[Lanao del Sur]], [[Lanao del Norte]], Northwest [[Bukidnon]], Northwest [[Maguindanao del Norte]], Northwest [[Cotabato]], [[Misamis Occidental]], [[Misamis Oriental]], [[Zamboanga City|Zamboanga]], [[Metro Davao|Davao]], [[Cebu]], [[Ilocos]], [[Quiapo, Manila]] and [[Sabah, Malaysia]]
| ethnicity        = [[Maranao people|Maranao]]
| dia1             = Iranaon ([[Danao language|People of the Lake]])
| dia2             = [[Iranun language|Iranun]] (Southern Lanao, [[Maguindanao del Norte]] & [[Sabah, Malaysia|Sabah]]<!--Sabah is understood as a component state of Malaysia, its people there have already spoken the truth to join the federation through a referendum in 1963 known as Cobold Commission and the whole international community and as well as the UN recognises as part of it. Do not change it into a Philippine province, otherwise you're doomed-->)
| dia3             = Mëragatën ([[Illana Bay]])
| dia4             = Bolokaon ([[Picong, Lanao del Sur|Sultan Gumander]])
| speakers         = '''{{circa|2.5}}&nbsp;Millions'''
| date             = 
| ref              = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/PHIILIPPINES_FINAL%20PDF.pdf |title=2020 Census of Population and Housing, Report No. 2A - Demographic and Housing Characteristics (Non-Sample Variables) |language=en |access-date=2022-05-02}}</ref>
| familycolor      = Austronesian
| fam2             = [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]
| fam3             = [[Philippine languages|Philippine]]
| fam4             = [[Greater Central Philippine languages|Greater Central Philippine]]
| fam5             = [[Danao languages|Danao]]
| script           = [[Latin script|Latin]];<br/>Historically written in [[Jawi script|Jawi]] (Batang Arab)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maranao Language and Alphabet|url=https://www.omniglot.com/writing/maranao.htm|access-date=2025-01-09|website=Omniglot}}</ref>
| nation           = [[Regional language]] in the [[Philippines]]
| agency           = [[Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino]]
| iso3             = mrw
| glotto           = mara1404
| glottorefname    = Maranao
}}

'''Maranao''' ({{langx|fil|Wikang Mëranaw}}{{refn|Mëranaw is the spelling recommended by the [[Commission on the Filipino Language]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino |url=http://www.kwf.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/Ortograpiyang-Pambansa1.pdf |title=Ortograpiyang Pambansa |language=fil |trans-title=National Orthography |access-date=2013-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012055004/http://www.kwf.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/Ortograpiyang-Pambansa1.pdf |archive-date=2013-10-12 |url-status=dead |date=2013}}</ref>}}; [[Jawi Script|Jawi]]: {{lang|mrw-Arab|باسا أ مراناو|rtl=yes}}), sometimes spelled as '''Maranaw, Meranaw''' or '''Mëranaw''', is an [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]] language spoken by the [[Maranao people]] in the provinces of [[Lanao del Sur]] and [[Lanao del Norte]] and their respective cities of [[Marawi]] and [[Iligan City|Iligan]] located in the [[Philippines]], as well found also in [[Sabah]], [[Malaysia]]. It is spoken among the [[Moro people|Moros]] within the [[Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao]].

It is more closer to [[Iranun language|Iranun]] than to [[Maguindanao language|Maguindanao]] within the [[Danao languages|Danao]] subgroup.