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Ilocano (also Ilokano; / iːloʊˈkɑːnoʊ /; [6] Ilocano: Pagsasao nga Ilokano) is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines, primarily by Ilocano people and as a lingua franca by the Igorot people and also by the native settlers of Cagayan Valley. It is the third most-spoken native language in the country.
Google Translate is a web-based free-to-user translation service developed by Google in April 2006. [11] It translates multiple forms of texts and media such as words, phrases and webpages. Originally, Google Translate was released as a statistical machine translation service. [11] The input text had to be translated into English first before ...
The Ilocanos ( Ilocano: Tattao nga Iloko / Ilokano ), Ilokanos, or Iloko people are the third largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group. They mostly reside within the Ilocos Region, in the northwestern seaboard of Luzon, Philippines. The native language of the Ilocano people is the Ilocano (or Ilokano) language .
Except for English, Spanish, Chavacano and varieties of Chinese ( Hokkien, Cantonese and Mandarin ), all of the languages belong to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family. The following are the four Philippine languages with more than five million native speakers: [44] Tagalog. Cebuano.
A native of Ilocos Norte, Marcos was a native Ilocano speaker, and he has used the language in speeches during his presidency, as well as in his interactions with people in Ilocano-speaking areas. In addition to Ilocano, Marcos was also fluent in Tagalog and English, and he has switched between all three languages when speaking.
Ilocano literature or Iloko literature pertains to the literary works of writers of Ilocano ancestry regardless of the language used - be it Ilocano, English, Spanish or other foreign and Philippine languages. For writers of the Ilocano language, the terms "Iloko" and "Ilocano" are different. Arbitrarily, "Iloko" is the language while "Ilocano ...
Karay-a language. The Karay-a language ( Kinaray-a, Binisayâ nga Kinaray-a or Hinaraya; English: Harayan) [1] is an Austronesian regional language in the Philippines spoken by the Karay-a people, mainly in Antique . It is one of the Bisayan languages, mainly along with Aklanon/Malaynon, Capiznon, Cebuano, and Hiligaynon .
Itneg languages. Itneg is a South-Central Cordilleran dialect continuum found in the island of Luzon, Philippines. This language and Ilocano are spoken by the Itneg people (sometimes also referred to as the "Tingguian people") in Abra . Several ethnic-Itneg dialects are taxonomically part of the neighboring Kalinga language .