Pangasinan language

Pangasinan
Pangasinan
Pangasinense
Salitan Pangasinan
Pronunciation	[paŋɡasiˈnan]
Native to	Philippines
Region	Ilocos Region (entirety of Pangasinan, southwestern La Union); Central Luzon (northern Tarlac, northwestern Nueva Ecija, northern Zambales); Cordilleras (southwestern Benguet); Cagayan Valley (southwestern Nueva Vizcaya)
Ethnicity	Pangasinan
Native speakers	1.8 million (2010); 8th most spoken native language in the Philippines
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Philippine Northern Luzon Meso-Cordilleran Southern Cordilleran West Southern Cordilleran Pangasinan; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin (Pangasinan alphabet); Historically written in: Kurítan
Official status
Official language in	Pangasinan
Recognised minority; language in	Philippines; (Regional language)
Regulated by	Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Language codes
ISO 639-2	pag
ISO 639-3	pag
Glottolog	pang1290
Linguasphere	31-CGA-f
	Areas where Pangasinan is spoken in the Philippines.

Pangasinan (Pangasinense) is an Austronesian language, and one of the eight major languages of the Philippines. It is the primary and predominant language of the entire province of Pangasinan and northern Tarlac, on the northern part of Luzon's central plains geographic region, most of whom belong to the Pangasinan ethnic group. Pangasinan is also spoken in southwestern La Union, as well as in the municipalities of Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija, and Zambales that border Pangasinan. A few Aeta groups and most Sambal in Central Luzon's northern part also understand and even speak Pangasinan as well.

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