Ilocano people
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 9,136,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Philippines(Ilocos Region, Cordillera, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Metro Manila)  United States(Hawaii) Worldwide |
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| Languages | |
| Philippine languages (Ilokano, Filipino), English | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Roman Catholicism, Aglipayan minority, Iglesia ni Cristo, Protestantism, Members Church of God International, Jehovah's Witnesses, Islam, Buddhism |
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| Related ethnic groups | |
| Filipinos (Ibanag, Ivatan, Pangasinense, Kapampangan), Austronesian peoples |
The Ilokanos (Ilocano: Tattao a Iloko) or Iloko people are the third largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group that mostly reside within the Ilocos Region in the northwestern seaboard of Luzon, Philippines. Most Ilokanos speak the Ilokano language, which has 40 dialects.
The word Ilokano originates from Iloko (archaic form, Yloco), the conjugation of i- (meaning "of") and look (meaning "bay"), which means "from the bay" in Ilokano. Aside from being referred to as Ilokano, they are also identified as Samtoy, a portmanteau of the Ilokano phrase sao mi ditoy meaning "our language here" ("sao mi" = "our language;" "ditoy" - "here").
Ilocandia is the term given to the traditional homeland of the Ilokano people. From the original western strip of Northern Luzon, Ilocandia has spread throughout the Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley and some parts of Central Luzon.
Ilokanos number about 9,136,000. A few Ilokanos living in the Cordilleras have some Cordillerano blood.
Most Ilokanos speak Ilokano, which is part of the Northern Philippine subgroup of the Austronesian family of languages. They also speak Tagalog, and English as second languages.
Most Ilokanos are Roman Catholics, while a significant number belong to the Aglipayan Church, which originated in Ilocos Norte.
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