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The Pangasinan language (Pangasinan: Salitan Pangasinan; ) is one of the twelve major languages in the Philippines.
The language which is called "Pangasinese" in the Philippine Islands is spoken by more than one and a half million Pangasinan people (indigenous speakers) in the province of Pangasinan alone. Pangasinense is also spoken in other Pangasinense communities in the Philippines, and by Pangasinan immigrants in the United States. Pangasinense is the primary language in the province of Pangasinan, located on the west central area of the island of Luzon along the Lingayen Gulf. It is the official regional language in the province of Pangasinan, with a total population of the province of 2,434,086 (National Statistics Office: 2000 Census). The word "Pangasinense ought not be confused with the name "Pangasinan" which is the name of its place of origin.
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