Ilocano

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Ilocano (also written ilokano) is the third language of the Philippines with around 7 million speakers. It is spoken in the northwest of Luzon island (La Union and Ilocos provinces, Babuyan islands and Cagayan valley).

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Training

As part of the LLCER of filipino, the languages Ilocano and cebuano - which belong to the Austronesian language family like Tagalog - are taught in the Filipino section of Inalco's Southeast Asia and Pacific Department at introductory level, with 3 hours per week over two semesters (78 hours in all). They alternate every other year.