Urban Hiligaynon

E281638

Urban Hiligaynon is a modern, city-influenced variety of the Hiligaynon (Ilonggo) language characterized by contemporary vocabulary and speech patterns common in urban centers.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Urban Hiligaynon canonical 1
Urban Ilonggo 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
language variety
sociolect
characterizedBy borrowed slang from English
borrowed slang from Filipino
city-influenced speech patterns
code-switching with English
code-switching with Filipino
contemporary vocabulary
frequent lexical borrowing
innovative idioms
simplified morphology compared to rural Hiligaynon
developedInContextOf increased contact with Filipino and English
urbanization in Western Visayas
differsFrom rural Hiligaynon
traditional Hiligaynon registers
emergedIn late 20th century
hasAlternativeName Urban Hiligaynon
surface form: Urban Ilonggo
hasBaseLanguage Hiligaynon language
surface form: Hiligaynon

Ilonggo
hasDomainOfUse everyday conversation
local entertainment media
online communication
popular music lyrics
hasLanguageFamily Austronesian languages
hasLanguageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
hasLanguageSubgroup Philippine languages
hasRegister informal speech
hasSpeechCommunityType urban speech community
hasStatus informal spoken variety
hasTypicalSpeakerAgeGroup youth and young adults
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
influencedBy English language
Filipino language
Tagalog
surface form: Tagalog language

mass media
social media
urban youth culture
subclassOf Hiligaynon language variety
Ilonggo language variety
usedBy city-based Hiligaynon migrants
urban Hiligaynon speakers
younger Hiligaynon speakers
usedInCountry Philippines
usedInRegion Bacolod
surface form: Bacolod City

Iloilo City
Metro Manila (Hiligaynon-speaking communities)
Western Visayas

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Ilonggo hasDialect Urban Hiligaynon
Urban Hiligaynon hasAlternativeName Urban Hiligaynon
this entity surface form: Urban Ilonggo