Ilonggo
E58819
Ilonggo is a major Austronesian language spoken primarily in Western Visayas and parts of Mindanao in the Philippines.
Aliases (2)
- Kinaray-a ×2
- Surigaonon ×1
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
→
Philippine language → natural language → |
| alternativeName |
Hiligaynon language
→
surface form: "Hiligaynon"
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Capiznon
→
Cebuano language →
surface form: "Cebuano"
Kinaray-a → |
| countryOfficialStatus | recognized regional language in the Philippines → |
| hasDialect |
Hiligaynon language
→
surface form: "Rural Hiligaynon"
Urban Hiligaynon → |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
Austronesian alignment
→
focus system → rich verbal affixation → verb–initial word order → |
| hasISO639-2Code | hil → |
| hasISO639-3Code | hil → |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
English
→
Spanish → Tagalog → |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive stress
→
simple vowel system → |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
→
surface form: "Austronesian"
|
| primaryCountry | Philippines → |
| region |
Mindanao
→
Visayas → |
| regulatedBy |
Surian ng Wikang Pambansa
→
surface form: "Commission on the Filipino Language"
|
| spokenIn |
Capiz
→
Guimaras → Iloilo province →
surface form: "Iloilo Province"
Negros Occidental → North Cotabato → Philippines → South Cotabato → Sultan Kudarat → Western Visayas → parts of Mindanao → |
| subfamily |
Malayo-Polynesian languages
→
surface form: "Malayo-Polynesian"
Philippine subgroup → |
| usedAs |
home language by many speakers in Negros Occidental
→
regional lingua franca in Western Visayas → |
| usedByEthnicGroup |
Hiligaynon people
→
Ilonggo people → |
| usedIn |
informal education in communities
→
local media in Western Visayas → radio broadcasting in Iloilo → religious services in Western Visayas → |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
→
surface form: "Latin script"
|
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Kinaray-a"
this entity surface form: "Surigaonon"