Austronesian · ISO 639-3 hil
Hiligaynon Language Ilonggo
Hiligaynon is an Austronesian language spoken by about 9.2 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Hiligaynon is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Hiligaynon
Language family
- Austronesian
- Malayo-Polynesian
- Greater Central Philippine
- Central Philippine
- Bisayan
- Central Bisayan
- Peripheral Central Bisayan
- Capiznon-Ilonggo-Kawayan
- Hiligaynon
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Hiligaynon language
Hiligaynon (Ilonggo) is spoken by about 9.2 million people, which makes it the 132nd most spoken language in the world — just behind Central Kanuri (9.3 million) and ahead of Kikuyu (9.1 million). It belongs to the Austronesian language family and, more precisely, to the Capiznon-Ilonggo-Kawayan group within the Greater Central Philippine branch.
Where is Hiligaynon spoken?
Hiligaynon is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Philippines (9.9 million).
Hiligaynon is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in Philippines.
Writing system and status
Hiligaynon is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Waray (Philippines), Cebuano, Tausug, Kinaray-A, Filipino, Tagalog and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 hil.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.