Pangasinan language

Pangasinan language or Salitan Pangasinan is one of the main languages of the Philippines. It is the language spoken in the province of Pangasinan.

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
Recognised minority language in	Philippines
Regulated by	Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Language codes
ISO 639-2	pag
ISO 639-3	pag
Glottolog	pang1290
Linguasphere	31-CGA-f
Area where Pangasinan is spoken according to Ethnologue

Other websites

• Bansa Pangasinan-English Dictionary Archived 2017-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
• Pangasinan Wiktionary
• Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database Archived 2017-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Sunday Punch
• Sun Star Pangasinan
• Pangasinan Star Archived 2006-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
• Pangasinan: Preservation and Revitalization of the Pangasinan Language and Literature Archived 2019-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
• Globalization killing Pangasinan language Archived 2007-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
• Pangasinan language is alive and kicking (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 8, 2007) Archived July 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
• Dying languages Archived 2009-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
• Pangasinan-Spanish Dictionary, by Lorenzo Fernandez Cosgata, published in 1865.