Predominantly Roman Catholicism, with minorities including Aglipayan, Protestantism, Islam, and Buddhism. The Ilocano people (Ilocano: Tattáo nga Ilóko, Kailukuán, Kailukanuán), also referred to …

Ilocano, third largest ethnolinguistic group in the Philippines. When discovered by the Spanish in the 16th century, they occupied the narrow coastal plain of northwestern Luzon, known as the Ilocos region.

Ilocano is a Northern Luzon language spoken mainly in Luzon, Mindanao and Mindoro in the Philippines by about 11 million people.

Ilocano is one of the most widely spoken languages in the Philippines and has a long history rooted in the culture of northern Luzon. Also spelled Iloko, Ilocáno, Ilokáno, or Pagsasao nga Iloko, it is an …

Variously spelled as Ilocano, Ilukano, Ilucano, Iluko, Iloco or Iloko, it is the third most-spoken language in the Philippines. The ancestors of the Ilocano people arrived in the Philippines by viray or bilog, …

Archaeological, linguistic, and genetic evidence suggests the Ilocanos descend from Austronesian-speaking peoples who migrated from Taiwan through the Batanes islands and northern Luzon …

Ilocano is one of the fifty-four languages in the Northern Luzon language group. The Ilocano people are a Malay tribe (green), thus they moved northward through the Philippines thousands of...

Among all Filipino ethno-linguistic groups, the Ilocanos are the most famed as migrants, settling since the 19th century in sparsely populated expanses of the northern Central Plain of Luzon (provinces of …

The Ilocano people (Ilocano: Tattáo nga Ilóko, Kailukuán, Kailukanuán), also referred to as Ilokáno, Ilóko, Ilúko, or Samtóy, are an Austronesian ethnolinguistic group native to the Philippines. [2]

Apr 24, 2025 · Explore the rich history of the Ilocano language, a major Philippine language. Discover its Austronesian roots, evolution through colonial periods, cultural impact, and modern status.