Austronesian · ISO 639-3 pam
Pampanga Language
Pampanga is an Austronesian language spoken by about 2.5 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Pampanga is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Pampanga
Language family
- Austronesian
- Malayo-Polynesian
- Central Luzon
- Pampanga
Writing system
Latin script
About the Pampanga language
Pampanga is spoken by about 2.5 million people, which makes it the 282nd most spoken language in the world — just behind Kurukh (2.5 million) and ahead of Pahari-Potwari (2.5 million). It belongs to the Austronesian language family and, more precisely, to the Central Luzon group within the Central Luzon branch.
Where is Pampanga spoken?
Pampanga is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Philippines (2.7 million).
Pampanga is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Pampanga is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 pam.
Frequently asked questions about Pampanga
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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.