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Ilokano language

NameIlocano
FamilycolorAustronesian
StatesPhilippines
United States
RegionNorthern Luzon
Speakers7.7 million, 2.3 million 2nd language=10 million total; 3rd most spoken native language in the Philippines
Fam2Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3Philippine
Fam4Northern Philippine
Fam5Northern Luzon
ScriptLatin (Ilocano or Filipino variant);
Historically written in Baybayin
NationRegional language in the Philippines
AgencyCommission on the Filipino Language
Iso2ilo
Iso3ilo
NoticeIPA

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Ilokano or Ilocano (Ilocano: Ti Pagsasao nga Iloco; also Ilocano, Iluko, Iloco, Iloco, Ylocano, and Yloco) is the third most-spoken language of the Republic of the Philippines.

An Austronesian language, it is related to such languages as Indonesian, Malay, Fijian, Maori, Hawaiian, Malagasy, Samoan, Tahitian, Chamorro, Tetum, and Paiwan.


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