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Iloco (also Iloko, Ilocáno or Ilokáno; / iː l oʊ ˈ k ɑː n oʊ /; [5] Iloco: Pagsasao nga Iloko) is an Austronesian language primarily spoken in the Philippines by the Ilocano people. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It is one of the eight major languages of the Philippines and ranks as the third most widely spoken native language. [ 8 ]
If the root takes either ag- or -um-, the additional meaning of ag- are some of the following: Repetition of the action; Long duration of the action; With some roots, the attainment of the root, for example, dakkel, big, agdakkel to be big, doktor doctor, agdoktor to be a doctor. The actor is in full control (internally motivated)
Ilocano grammar is the study of the morphological and syntactic structures of the Ilocano language, a language spoken in the northern Philippines by ethnic Ilocanos and Ilocano communities in other parts of the Philippines, especially in Mindanao and overseas such as the United States, Canada Australia, the Middle East and other parts of the world.
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Particles lack a meaning independent of a phrase or clause. For the most part, they impart meaning to the phrase or clause in which they occur. Ilocano has two morphological types: enclitic and independent.
Bannawag (Iloko word meaning "dawn") is a Philippine weekly magazine published in the Philippines by Liwayway Publications Inc. It contains serialized novels/comics, short stories, poetry, essays, news features, entertainment news and articles, among others, that are written in Ilokano, a language common in the northern regions of the Philippines.
Pre-colonial Iloko literature were composed of folk songs, riddles, proverbs, lamentations called dung-aw, and epic stories in written or oral form.Ancient Ilokano poets expressed themselves in folk and war songs as well as the dallot, an improvised, versified and at times impromptu long poem delivered in a sing-song manner.
Maranao (Filipino: Wikang Mëranaw [4]; Jawi: باسا أ مراناو), sometimes spelled as Maranaw, Meranaw or Mëranaw, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Maranao people in the provinces of Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte and their respective cities of Marawi and Iligan located in the Philippines, as well found also in Sabah, Malaysia.