Maguindanao language

Maguindanaon
Maguindanaon
Basa Magindanawn; باس مڬندنون
Native to	Philippines
Region	Maguindanao del Norte, Maguindanao del Sur, Sultan Kudarat, North Cotabato, South Cotabato, Sarangani, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Davao del Sur, Davao del Norte, Davao Occidental
Ethnicity	Maguindanaon
Native speakers	2,021,099 - 3,219,000 (2020)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Danao Maguindanaon; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Tau sa Ilud; Tau sa Laya; Biwangen;
Writing system	Latin; Arabic (Jawi)
Official status
Official language in	Regional language in the Philippines
Regulated by	Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mdh
Glottolog	magu1243
	Areas where Maguindanaon is the majority language

Maguindanaon (Basa Magindanawn, Jawi: باس مڬندنون), or Magindanawn is an Austronesian language spoken by Maguindanaon people who form majority of the population of eponymous provinces of Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur in the Philippines. It is also spoken by sizable minorities in different parts of Mindanao such as the cities of Zamboanga, Davao, and General Santos, and the provinces of North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, South Cotabato, Sarangani, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Davao del Sur, as well as Metro Manila.

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