Hiligaynon language

E9774
Austronesian language Central Philippine language Philippine language natural language

Hiligaynon is a major Austronesian language of the Philippines, widely spoken in Western Visayas and parts of Mindanao, particularly in and around Iloilo and Negros Occidental.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Hiligaynon 26
Guimaras dialect 1
Iloilo Hiligaynon 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Central Philippine language ⓘ
Philippine language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alternativeName Hiligaynon language ⓘ
surface form: Hiligaynon

Ilonggo ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Danao languages ⓘ
surface form: Capiznon language

Cebuano language ⓘ
Kinaray-a language ⓘ
hasEthnologueCode hil ⓘ
hasISO639-1Code hil ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code hil ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code hil ⓘ
hasLinguisticCode Glottolog: hili1240 ⓘ
hasMajorDialect Hiligaynon language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Guimaras dialect

Iloilo dialect ⓘ
Negros dialect ⓘ
hasNativeName Hiligaynon language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hiligaynon

Ilonggo ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive stress ⓘ
rich vowel system ⓘ
hasStandardVariety Hiligaynon language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Iloilo Hiligaynon
hasTypology Austronesian alignment ⓘ
hasWordOrder verb–subject–object ⓘ
hasWritingTraditionSince Spanish colonial period ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageGroup Greater Central Philippine languages ⓘ
surface form: Central Philippine languages
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
primaryCountry Philippines ⓘ
region Western Visayas ⓘ
surface form: Central Philippines

Western Visayas ⓘ
spokenIn Capiz ⓘ
Guimaras ⓘ
Iloilo province ⓘ
surface form: Iloilo City

Iloilo province ⓘ
Mindanao ⓘ
Negros Occidental ⓘ
North Cotabato ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Soccsksargen ⓘ
surface form: Soccsksargen region

South Cotabato ⓘ
Sultan Kudarat ⓘ
Western Visayas ⓘ
usedAs regional lingua franca in Western Visayas ⓘ
regional lingua franca in parts of Mindanao ⓘ
usedInMedia local newspapers in Iloilo ⓘ
radio broadcasting in Western Visayas ⓘ
usedInReligion Catholic liturgy in Western Visayas ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

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

Hiligaynon language → alternativeName → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
Ilonggo → alternativeName → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
Binisaya → closelyRelatedTo → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
Cebuano language → closelyRelatedTo → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
Lineyte-Samarnon → closelyRelatedTo → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
Tagalog → closelyRelatedTo → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
Waray language → closelyRelatedTo → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
Winaray → closelyRelatedTo → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
Sultan Kudarat → commonlySpokenLanguage → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
Ilonggo → hasDialect → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rural Hiligaynon
North Cotabato → hasLanguage → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
Hiligaynon language → hasMajorDialect → Hiligaynon language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guimaras dialect
Bisayan languages subgroup → hasMember → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
Hiligaynon language → hasNativeName → Hiligaynon language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
Hiligaynon language → hasStandardVariety → Hiligaynon language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iloilo Hiligaynon
Philippine languages → includesLanguage → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
Iloilo province → language → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
MassKara Festival → language → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
South Cotabato → language → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
Visayas → language → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
Dinagyang Festival → languageOfName → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
Mindanao → languageSpoken → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
Zamboanga Peninsula → languageSpoken → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
Negros Oriental → localLanguage → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
Filipino → majorLanguage → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
Negros Occidental → majorLanguage → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
Western Visayas → majorLanguage → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
Capiz → majorLocalLanguage → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
Manuel Roxas → nativeLanguage → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
Negros Occidental → officialLanguage → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
Philippine television → otherLanguage → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon
Guimaras → primaryLanguage → Hiligaynon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hiligaynon