Pangasinan language

Pangasinan
Pangasinense
Salitan Pangasinan
Pronunciation	[paŋ'ɡa'sinan]
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) 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 Tarlac La Union
Writing system	Latin (Pangasinan alphabet) Historically written in: Baybayin
Official status
Official language in	Regional language of the Philippines
Regulated by	Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Language codes
ISO 639-2
ISO 639-3
Glottolog	pang1290
Linguasphere	31-CGA-f
Area where Pangasinan is spoken according to Ethnologue
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The Pangasinan language or Salitan Pangasinan is one of the major languages of the Philippines. It is the language spoken in the province of Pangasinan, on the west-central seaboard of the island of Luzon along the Lingayen Gulf, the northern portion of Tarlac and southwestern La Union, most of whom belong to the Pangasinan ethnic group. Pangasinan is also understood in some municipalities in Benguet, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, and by the Aitas or Aeta of Zambales. The language is also called as Pangasinense or Pangalatok, which is taken from the Spanish language. In 2012, Pangasinan is one of the major languages of the Philippines that is being taught and studied formally in schools and universities.

The Pangasinan language belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian languages branch of the Austronesian languages family. Pangasinan is similar to other closely related Philippine languages, Indonesian in Indonesia, Malaysian in Malaysia, Hawaiian in Hawaii and Malagasy in Madagascar. The Pangasinan language is very closely related to the Ibaloi language spoken in the neighboring province of Benguet and Baguio City, located north of Pangasinan. Pangasinan is classified under the Pangasinic group of languages.