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Ilonggo-Literature MT 3B
Ilonggo-Literature MT 3B
L i t e r a t u r e
Learning Outcome
Caroline Cagoyong
BSED-MATH 3B
What is ilonggo?
Ilonggo refers to the people and the
language spoken primarily in the Western
Visayas region of the Philippines,
particularly in the provinces of Iloilo,
Guimaras, and Negros Occidental. It is
one of the Visayan languages and is also
known as Hiligaynon.
West Visayas is comprised of lloilo,
Capiz, Antique, Aklan, Negros Occidental, and
Guimaras. People in these regions speak
languages that have given birth the literary legacy
of West Visayas-Hiligaynon and Aklanon-which
grew from Kiniray-a.
How the Diversity Unfolded
The mother language of West Visayas-and thus, of Hiligaynon
literature is Kinaray-a.