ilocano language 3rd draf

the original speaknig areas in the provinces of ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur ) are said to speak the" purest"

form of the langauge called by ilocanos nauneg nga  ilokano (deep ilocano ) how ever due to the migration of the ilocos southward nd eastward much of northen Luzon is heavily influnced by ILOCANO Language and culture .

Iloko is an Austronesian language spoken by about 10 million people in the Philippines, mainly in the northwest of Luzon island, and also in Mindanao. There are significant numbers of Iloko speakers in the USA, Middle East, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Canada and Europe as well.

The language is also known as Ilokano, Ilocano, Iluko, Iloco and Iloko, and the Iloko people call themselves Samtoy, a contraction from the Iloko phrase saö mi ditoy, meaning "our language here".

Iloko was originally written with the Baybayin syllabary, which is also used to write Tagalog, but this was gradually replaced by the Latin alphabet the Spanish arrived in the Philippines in the 16th century. One of the first publications in Iloko was the Doctrina Cristiana of 1621.

REFFERENCE  

:http://www.omniglot.com/writing/ilocano.htm

CARL RABINO'S HOMEPAGE PH.D 

EXAMPLE OF THEIR SPOKEN 

 inay-ayat ka-mahal kita

mangan tayon- kain na tayo

adigos kan-maligo ka na

agawid kan- umuwi ka na

 mano-ilan

nalukmeng -mataba