Ilianen is a
Manobo language of
Mindanao
Mindanao ( ) ( Jawi: مينداناو) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of ...
in the
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
.
Distribution and dialects
Ilianen is spoken in the following areas:
[''Ethnologue'']
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North Cotabato Province: north and central watershed of Mindanao river
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Bukidnon Province: Kandingilan, Kibawe, and Darnulong municipalities
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Maguindanao Province
Maguindanao (, Maguindanaon: ''Prubinsya nu Magindanaw''; Iranun'': Perobinsia a Magindanao''; tl, Lalawigan ng Maguindanao) was a province of the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). From 2014 t ...
: northern tips of both Northern Kambutalan and Datu Montawal municipalities
Its dialects are Arakan, Livunganen, and Pulangiyan.
References
Manobo languages
Languages of Cotabato
Languages of Bukidnon
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