Hiligaynon language
Spoken language
Hiligaynon, also often referred to as Ilonggo or Binisaya/Bisaya nga Hiniligaynon/Inilonggo, is an Austronesian regional language spoken in the Philippines by about 9.1 million people, predominantly in Western Visayas and Soccsksargen, most of... Wikipedia
Region: Asia
Dialects: > Standard Hiligaynon (Iloilo province dialect)
Native speakers: 7.8 million (2010); 9.1 million total speakers; 4th most spoken native language in the Philippines
Native to: Philippines
Pronunciation: /hɪlɪˈɡaɪnən/
Writing system: Latin (Hiligaynon alphabet); Hiligaynon Braille; Historically Baybayin (c. 13th–19th centuries)