|speakers2 = 2 millionyuta [[Second language|L2 speakers]] (2000)<ref name="rubino">{{cite book|last=Galvez Rubino|first=Carl Ralph|title=Ilocano Dictionary and Grammar: Ilocano-English, English-Ilocano|year=2000|publisher=University of Hawai'i Press|isbn=0-8248-2088-6}}</ref> <br> Third most spoken native language in the Philippines<ref name="speakers">Philippine Census, 2000. Table 11. Household Population by Ethnicity, Sex and Region: 2000</ref>
