Hiligaynon
Hiligaynon language spoken in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines
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Summary
Hiligaynon is a natural language[1]. Hiligaynon draws 3,305 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #93 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Philippines[3]
- Instance of: modern language[4]
- Subclass of: Bisayan[5]
- Writing system: Filipino alphabet[6], Baybayin[7], Philippine Braille[8]
- Commons category: Hiligaynon language[9]
- Wikimedia language code: hil[10]
- Said to be the same as: Capisnon[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hiligaynon language[12]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 8,200,000[13], 5,700,000[14]
- Native label: Hiligaynon[15], Binisayà Hiligaynon[16], Inilonggo Hiligaynon[17], Binisayà Inilonggo[18]
- Different from: Karay-a[19]
- Indigenous to: Western Visayas[20], Soccsksargen[21], Negros Island Region[22], Bicol Region[23]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/HIL[24]
- Ethnologue language status: 3 Wider Communication[25]
- Linguistic typology: verb–subject–object[26]
- Wikimedia Incubator URL: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/hil[27]
Why It Matters
Hiligaynon has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Hiligaynon is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]