Kapampangan language

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Kapampangan is an Austronesian language of the Philippines primarily spoken in the Pampanga region of Central Luzon.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Central Luzon language
Philippine language
alternativeName Capampangan
Kapampangan
Pampangan
closelyRelatedTo Ilocano language
Sambal language
Tagalog language
country Philippines
ethnicity Kapampangan people
Glottocode pamp1243
hasDialect Central Kapampangan
Northern Kapampangan
Southern Kapampangan
hasFeature Austronesian alignment
focus/voice system
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first-person plural pronouns
rich verbal affixation
verb–subject–object basic word order (VSO)
hasLoanwordsFrom English language
Spanish language
Tagalog language
hasRegulator Commission on the Filipino Language (for language policy context)
historicalWritingSystem Baybayin
Kulitan script
ISO639-2 pam
ISO639-3 pam
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Philippine languages
nativeName Amánung Kapampángan
officialStatus regional language in the Philippines
region Central Luzon
Pampanga
spokenIn Angeles City
Bataan
Bulacan
Central Luzon
Metro Manila (migrant communities)
Nueva Ecija
Pampanga
Philippines
Tarlac
Zambales
usedByEthnicGroup Kapampangan people
usedIn education in some schools in Pampanga
local media in Pampanga
writingSystem Latin script


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