Austronesian · ISO 639-3 ilo
Iloko Language Ilokano
Iloko is an Austronesian language spoken by about 10 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Iloko is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Iloko
Language family
- Austronesian
- Malayo-Polynesian
- Northern Luzon
- Iloko
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Iloko language
Iloko (Ilokano) is spoken by about 10 million people, which makes it the 120th most spoken language in the world — just behind Swiss German (10 million) and ahead of Malvi (10 million). It belongs to the Austronesian language family and, more precisely, to the Northern Luzon group within the Northern Luzon branch.
Where is Iloko spoken?
Iloko is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Philippines (11 million).
Iloko is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in Philippines.
Writing system and status
Iloko 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 Pangasinan.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 ilo.
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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.