Hiligaynon language

It is spoken as a second language by [[Karay-a language|Kinaray-a]] speakers in [[Antique (province)|Antique]], [[Aklanon language|Aklanon/Malaynon]] speakers in [[Aklan]], [[Capiznon]] speakers in [[Capiz]], [[Cebuano language|Cebuano]] speakers in [[Negros Oriental]],{{Cite web |url=http://www.admu.edu.ph/offices/mirlab/panublion/islas.html |title=Islas de los Pintados: The Visayan Islands |publisher=[[Ateneo de Manila University]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927161432/http://www.admu.edu.ph/offices/mirlab/panublion/islas.html |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |access-date=March 29, 2013}} and spoken and understood by native speakers of [[Maguindanao language|Maguindanaon]], Cebuano, [[Ilocano language|Ilocano]], [[Blaan language|Blaan]], [[Tboli language|Tboli]] and other settler and indigenous languages in Soccsksargen in [[Mindanao]].{{Cite web |last=Arellano |first=Bernardo Muerong III |date=October 9, 2020 |title=Ang Pagpangayaw sa Dutang Ginsaad: A History of Migration and Settlement of Ilonggos in Central Mindanao, 1951-1960s |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344566669 |access-date=October 16, 2023 |website=Researchgate.net}} There are approximately 9,300,000 people in and out of the [[Philippines]] who are native speakers of Hiligaynon and an additional 5,000,000 capable of speaking it with a substantial degree of proficiency.Philippine Census, 2000. Table 11. Household Population by Ethnicity, Sex and Region: 2000

It is spoken as a second language by [[Karay-a language|Kinaray-a]] speakers in [[Antique (province)|Antique]], [[Aklanon language|Aklanon/Malaynon]] speakers in [[Aklan]], [[Capiznon]] speakers in [[Capiz]], [[Cebuano language|Cebuano]] speakers in [[Negros Oriental]],{{Cite web |url=http://www.admu.edu.ph/offices/mirlab/panublion/islas.html |title=Islas de los Pintados: The Visayan Islands |publisher=[[Ateneo de Manila University]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927161432/http://www.admu.edu.ph/offices/mirlab/panublion/islas.html |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |access-date=March 29, 2013}} and spoken and understood by native speakers of [[Maguindanao language|Maguindanaon]], Cebuano, [[Ilocano language|Ilocano]], [[Blaan language|Blaan]], [[Tboli language|Tboli]] and other settler and indigenous languages in Soccsksargen in [[Mindanao]].{{Cite web |last=Arellano |first=Bernardo Muerong III |date=October 9, 2020 |title=Ang Pagpangayaw sa Dutang Ginsaad: A History of Migration and Settlement of Ilonggos in Central Mindanao, 1951-1960s |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344566669 |access-date=October 16, 2023 |website=Researchgate.net}} There are approximately 9,300,000 people in and out of the [[Philippines]] who are native speakers of Hiligaynon and an additional 5,000,000 capable of speaking it with a substantial degree of proficiency.Philippine Census, 2000. Table 11. Household Population by Ethnicity, Sex and Region: 2000

Despite being a somewhat large language in the [[Philippines]], It is sometimes considered a "rare' Language online. This is mostly because a lack of well documented way to learn it.

Despite being a somewhat large language in the [[Philippines]], it is sometimes considered a "rare' language online. This is mostly because a lack of a well-documented way to learn it.

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