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ISO 639-3 · hilhil
Austronesian family
Hiligaynon
Hiligaynon is a language of the Bisayan branch (Austronesian), spoken in Philippines. Wikidata counts 8.2 m first-language speakers (2007). Wikidata describes it as “Hiligaynon language spoken in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
hil- Glottocode
hili1240- Family
- Austronesian
- Wikipedia
- 54 language editions
8.2 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
6levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Hiligaynon |
|---|---|
| Also called | Ilonggo, Hiligayan, Ilongo, hil, Hiligaynon language |
| L1 speakers | 8,200,000 (2007) |
| All speakers | 5,700,000 (2000) |
| Written in | Filipino alphabet |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Hiligaynon
The branches above Hiligaynon, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Philippines
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 mspaSpanishIndo-European · 555.6 m1 · NationalfilFilipinoAustronesian · 90 m1 · NationaltglTagalogAustronesian · 68.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigorousiloIlocanoAustronesian · 9.1 m3 · Wider CommunicationwarWaray-WarayAustronesian · 3.1 m3 · Wider CommunicationbikBikolAustronesian · 2.5 m