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Ilocano (also Ilokano; / iː l oʊ ˈ k ɑː n oʊ /; Ilocano: Pagsasao nga Ilokano) is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines, primarily by Ilocano people and as a lingua franca by the Igorot people and also by the native settlers of Cagayan Valley. It is the third most-spoken native language in the country.
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Ilocano language is the language of the Ilocano people of the Philippines. Other names include Ilokano, and Iloko. It is an Austronesian language. It uses the Latin script. There are between 6 and 7 million speakers. It is mostly used in northwestern Luzon, in the Ilocos region.
Ilocano at a glance. Native name: Pagsasao nga Ilokano. Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Northern Luzon. Number of speakers: c. 11.1 million. Spoken in: Philippines, USA and Canada. First written: 17th century. Writing system: Kur-itan and Latin scripts.
Ilokano, or Ilokan. Also called: Iloko, or Iloco. Ilocano, third largest ethnolinguistic group in the Philippines. When discovered by the Spanish in the 16th century, they occupied the narrow coastal plain of northwestern Luzon, known as the Ilocos region.
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The Ilocanos ( Ilocano: Tattao nga Iloko / Ilokano ), Ilokanos, or Iloko people are the third largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group. They mostly reside within the Ilocos Region, in the northwestern seaboard of Luzon, Philippines. The native language of the Ilocano people is the Ilocano (or Ilokano) language.
