<![CDATA[This study investigated the language status of the Ilocano language through an analysis of the language use and language preference of selected Ilocano speaker. This study used a questionnaire on language use to gather relevant data. Using the descriptive method, the results of the study show that the Ilocano language is slowly being edged by the Filipino language in the five communicative domains: home, school, neighborhood, church, and marketplace in terms of language functions. One reason why the Ilocano language is losing its communicative domains is because of the devaluation of the minority languages over the national language. The use of Filipino as a medium of instruction has resulted to the fluency of the Ilocano speakers in the Filipino language because they are exposed to the language all day during schooldays, thus, making it difficult for the native language to cast a strong hold. Moreover, since the university where the respondents work caters not only students from the province of La Union but also and mostly even from Pangasinan, Ilocano teachers/speakers assume that it would be better to use the Filipino language to cater the bilingualism and multilingualism in their classes and surroundings.]]>
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