Ilonggo

E58819

Ilonggo is a major Austronesian language spoken primarily in Western Visayas and parts of Mindanao in the Philippines.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Ilonggo canonical 3
Kinaray-a 2
Ilonggos 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Philippine language
natural language
alternativeName Hiligaynon
linked to: Hiligaynon language
closelyRelatedTo Capiznon
Cebuano
linked to: Cebuano language

Kinaray-a
countryOfficialStatus recognized regional language in the Philippines
hasDialect Rural Hiligaynon
linked to: Hiligaynon language

Urban Hiligaynon
hasGrammaticalFeature Austronesian alignment
focus system
rich verbal affixation
verb–initial word order
hasISO639-2Code hil
hasISO639-3Code hil
hasLoanwordsFrom English
Spanish
Tagalog
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive stress
simple vowel system
languageFamily Austronesian
primaryCountry Philippines
region Mindanao
Visayas
regulatedBy Commission on the Filipino Language
spokenIn Capiz
Guimaras
Iloilo Province
linked to: Iloilo province

Negros Occidental
North Cotabato
Philippines
South Cotabato
Sultan Kudarat
Western Visayas
parts of Mindanao
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian
Philippine subgroup
usedAs home language by many speakers in Negros Occidental
regional lingua franca in Western Visayas
usedByEthnicGroup Hiligaynon people
Ilonggo people
usedIn informal education in communities
local media in Western Visayas
radio broadcasting in Iloilo
religious services in Western Visayas
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Visayas language Kinaray-a
linked to: Ilonggo
Mindanao languageSpoken Surigaonon
linked to: Ilonggo
Greater Central Philippine languages hasMember Kinaray-a
linked to: Ilonggo
Ilonggo people alternateName Ilonggos
linked to: Ilonggo
Ilonggo people nativeName Mga Ilonggo
linked to: Ilonggo