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Pangasinan
Pangasinense
Salitan Pangasinan
Native to Philippines (Ilocos Region & Central Luzon)
Region Pangasinan, northern Tarlac, southern La Union, southwestern Benguet, northwestern Nueva Ecija, northern Zambales, and southwestern Nueva Vizcaya
Ethnicity Pangasinan people
Native speakers (1.2 million cited 1990 census)e18
8th most spoken native language in the Philippines
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Philippine
      • Northern Philippine
        • Northern Luzon
          • South–Central Cordilleran
            • Southern Cordilleran
              • Pangasinic
                • Pangasinan
Dialects
Pangasinan
La Union
Writing system Latin (Pangasinan alphabet)
Historically written in: Baybayin
Official status
Recognised minority language in  Philippines
Regulated by Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Linguasphere 31-CGA-f
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Area where Pangasinan is spoken according to Ethnologue
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Pangasinan language or Salitan Pangasinan is one of the main languages of the Philippines. It is the language spoken in the province of Pangasinan.

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