Ilocano is spoken by about 7.6 million people, primarily in northern Luzon in the Philippines, where it serves as a lingua franca across several regions. Written in the Latin alphabet, it has an agglutinative grammar and verb-subject-object (VSO) word order. Ilocano culture is deeply rooted in traditions such as epic poetry, folk songs, and dances, as well as in its cuisine and strong diaspora communities in Hawaii, California, and beyond.
Stats
Language Family: Austronesian
Writing System: Latin
Writing System Type: Alphabet
Writing Direction: L to R
Tones / Pitch Accent: N
Morphology: Agglutinative
Cases: 2
Grammatical Gender / Noun Class: 0
Number of Verb Tenses: 3
Word Order: VSO
Number of Vowels (Monophthongs): 6
Number of Consonants: 16
Areas Where Spoken
Philippines (6.6%) (7.64 mil)