Hiligaynon
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Hiligaynon is a language spoken in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines, primarily by millions of people in that area. It matters as an important part of the cultural identity and daily communication for communities in this region of the country.
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Key facts
- Pronunciation
- / h ɪ l ɪ ˈ ɡ aɪ n ən /
- Native to
- Philippines
- Region
- Western Visayas , Negros Island Region , Soccsksargen , southwestern portion of Masbate , coastal Palawan , some parts of southern Mindoro , some parts of Romblon and a few parts of Northern Mindanao
- Ethnicity
- Hiligaynon
- Native speakers
- 8.6 million (2020) , 9.1 million total speakers , 4th most spoken native language in the Philippines
- Language family
- Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Central Philippine Bisayan Central Bisayan Hiligaynon
- Dialects
- Standard Hiligaynon (Iloilo province dialect); Urban Hiligaynon (Metro Iloilo dialect); Guimarasnon Hiligaynon; Bacolodnon Hiligaynon (Metro Bacolod dialect); Negrense Hiligaynon (Negros Occidental dialect); Mindanao Hiligaynon
- Writing system
- Latin ( Hiligaynon alphabet ), Hiligaynon Braille , Historically Baybayin (c. 13th–19th centuries)
- Recognised minority language in
- Philippines
- Regulated by
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Hiligaynon, also often referred to as Ilonggo or Binisayâ/Bisayâ nga Hiniligaynon/Inilonggo, is an Austronesian regional language spoken in the Philippines by about 9.1 million people, predominantly in Panay Island, Negros Occidental, and Soccsksargen, most of whom belong to the Hiligaynon people. It is the second-most widely spoken language in the Visayas and belongs to the Bisayan languages. It is more distantly related to other Philippine languages.
It also has one of the largest native language-speaking populations of the Philippines, despite it not being taught and studied formally in schools and universities until 2012. Hiligaynon is given the ISO 639-2 three-letter code hil, but has no ISO 639-1 two-letter code.