Ilonggo Is NOT a Language
Ilonggo is not a language. Ilonggo refers to people who trace their ethnic roots or bloodline to Iloilo Province on Panay’s Bisaya Island. The majority of the Ilonggos in Iloilo speak the Hiligaynon language; in some parts of Iloilo near the Antique border, some Ilonggos speak Kinaray-a. Hiligaynon is also