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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Philippines > Ilocano

Ilocano

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3ilo

Population  6,920,000 in Philippines (2000 census). Population total all countries: 6,996,600.
Region  Northwest Luzon, La Union and Ilocos provinces, Cagayan Valley, Babuyan, Mindoro, Mindanao. Also in United States.
Language map  Northern Philippines, reference number 2
Alternate names   Ilokano, Iloko
Dialects  A pidginized form is used in northern Luzon highlands.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Northern Luzon, Ilocano
Language use  Trade language.
Language development  Bible: 1909–1996.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

McFarland, Curtis D. 2006. "Deictic pronouns in Philippine languages."  Available online

McFarland, Curtis D. 2008. "Deictic pronouns in Philippine languages."

McKaughan, Howard P. and Jannette Forster. 1952. Ilocano: An intensive language course.

Thomas, David D. 1955. "Three analyses of the Ilocano pronoun system."

Walrod, Michael. 2006. "The marker is the message: the influence of discourse markers and particles on textual meaning."  Available online

Wimbish, John S. 1987. A relational grammar of Ilocano.

Vernacular Publications

Agadal tayo. 1976.

Dagiti taraon iti inaldaw-aldaw. 1976.

Deksonaryu. 1985.  Available online

Is-istorya nga mangted ti sursuro. 1976.

Iti panagmula iti u-ong. 1976.