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  • proper noun An Austronesian language of the Visayan language family, spoken in Western Visayas in the Philippines.

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  • PhilippinesFilipino (official; based on Tagalog) and English (official); eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan

    Languages 2008

  • Languages: Filipino (official; based on Tagalog) and English (official); eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan

    Philippines 2008

  • Two official languages: Filipino once called Pilipino, based on Tagalog and English; eight major dialects: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan.

    ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007

  • Two official languages: Filipino once called Pilipino, based on Tagalog and English; eight major dialects: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan.

    ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007

  • Two official languages: Filipino once called Pilipino, based on Tagalog and English; eight major dialects: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan.

    ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007

  • And I guess the profanity was in HAI's Ilonggo dialogue.

    notes from the peanut gallery Dean Francis Alfar 2004

  • And I guess the profanity was in HAI's Ilonggo dialogue.

    Archive 2004-02-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2004

  • Ferrocement Rainwater Catchment, a builder’s manual based on drawings and minimal text in Tagalog and Ilonggo.

    60. Inexpensive blood-screening for HIV 1992

  • It has been a painful three days for the Amantillos since that first text came across in the Ilonggo dialect: "Ma, naambakan ako," or "Mommy, I got buried," as dictated by Linda Amantillo in telephone interviews on Thursday.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • The Amantillos are a medical family, from Iloilo province in the central Philippines where they speak the Ilonggo dialect.

    The Seattle Times 2011

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