Kapampangan
Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines
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Summary
Kapampangan is a language[1]. Kapampangan ranks in the top 2% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,278 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Philippines[3]
- Subclass of: Central Luzon[4]
- Writing system: Latin script[5], Kulitan[6]
- Commons category: Kapampangan language[7]
- Wikimedia language code: pam[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kapampangan language[9]
- Language regulatory body: Sínúpan Singsing[10], Commission on the Filipino Language[11]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 2,400,000[12]
- Native label: Kapampángan[13]
- Indigenous to: Nueva Ecija[14], Pampanga[15], Tarlac[16], Zambales[17]
- Female form of label: la langue pampangue[18]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/PAM[19]
- Ethnologue language status: 3 Wider Communication[20]
- Linguistic typology: verb–subject–object[21]
- Related category: Category:Kapampangan pronunciation[22]
Why It Matters
Kapampangan has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Kapampangan is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]