Iloco, or Ilocano, is an Austronesian language primarily spoken in the Philippines by the Ilocano people. It is one of the eight major languages of the Philippines with about 11 million speakers and ranks as the third most widely spoken native language.
Facts
ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2020 estimate, first-language (L1) speakers; the infobox also gives a second-language total of 2 million (2000) and an overall total of 11 million (2022), not captured here. RegionNorthern Luzon which includes the Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region and Cagayan Valley, as well as many areas in Central Luzon, and certain parts of Mindanao 1 Connections
Written In
Ilocano is standardly written in the Latin alphabet.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Ilocano Language
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Iloco is an Austronesian language primarily spoken in the Philippines by the Ilocano people. It is one of the eight major languages of the Philippines with about 11 million speakers and ranks as the third most widely spoken native language. Iloco serves as a regional lingua franca and second language among Filipinos in Northern Luzon, particularly among the Cordilleran (Igorot) ethnolinguistic groups.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
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Infobox, Speakers
L1: 8.7 million (2020)
Infobox, Region
Northern Luzon which includes the Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region and Cagayan Valley, as well as many areas in Central Luzon, and certain parts of Mindanao.
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