Keeping In Mind Our Mother Tongue

We, the Ilocano people are indigenous to coastal areas of northern Luzon in the Philippines. Today, we, the Ilocanos are the dominant ethnic group in northern Luzon, and their language (Ilocano) has become the lingua franca of the region, as Ilocano traders provide highland peoples with their primary link to the commerce of the outside world. Ilocandia is the term given to the traditional homeland of the Ilocano people; present-day Ilocandia roughly encompasses regions 1 through 3 of the Philippines (the Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, and parts of Central Luzon), as well as the Cordillera Administrative Region.

We have our own native language and that is Iloco. We must be proud of it because it is the third dialect most widely use in the whole country.

Our province is so much proud with the people who are also proud with our Mother Tongue because they are known to be heroes who keep our dialect live and bloom together with our culture and traditions.