Let it Go - Ilocano(Iloko)

Описание: Country: Northern Luzon which includes the Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region and Cagayan Valley, as well as many areas in Central Luzon and certain parts of Mindanao(Philippines)
Singer: Diosarie Alaska

Iloco (also Iloko, Ilocáno or Ilokáno; /iːloʊˈkɑːnoʊ/;[6] Iloco: Pagsasao nga Iloko) is an Austronesian language primarily spoken in the Philippines by the Ilocano people.[7][8] It is one of the eight major languages of the Philippines with about 11 million speakers and ranks as the third most widely spoken native language.[9][10] Iloco serves as a regional lingua franca and second language among Filipinos in Northern Luzon, particularly among the Cordilleran (Igorot) ethnolinguistic groups, as well as in parts of Cagayan Valley and some areas of Central Luzon.[11][12]

As an Austronesian language, Iloco or Ilocano shares linguistic ties with other Philippine languages and is related to languages such as Indonesian, Malay, Tetum, Chamorro, Fijian, Māori, Hawaiian, Samoan, Tahitian, Paiwan, and Malagasy.[11] It is closely related to other Northern Luzon languages and exhibits a degree of mutual intelligibility with Balangao language and certain eastern dialects of Bontoc language.[13][14]

Iloco is also spoken outside of Luzon, including in Mindoro, Palawan, Mindanao, and internationally in Canada, Hawaii and California in the United States, owing to the extensive Ilocano diaspora in the 19th and 20th centuries.[15][16] About 85% of the Filipinos in Hawaii are Ilocano and the largest Asian ancestry group in Hawaii.[17] In 2012, it was officially recognized as the provincial language of La Union, underscoring its cultural and linguistic significance.[18][19]

The Ilocano people historically utilized an indigenous writing system known as kur-itan. There have been proposals to revive this script by incorporating its instruction in public and private schools within Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur, where Ilocano is predominantly