What is Ilocano (or Ilokano)?

Ilocano is a Filipino language spoken in the Northern Philippines by more than 10 million people. It is part of the Austronesian family of languages spanning from Hawaii to the Maoris of Australia. It is majorly spoken in the provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, and La Union.

What is surprising to speakers of Ilocano is that they have different accents like the United States. this different accents of Ilokano can more than be observed in the province of Ilocos Norte. I lived in Ilocos Norte for 14 years and I can truly say that every town in that province have different accents. There's the high pitched one and there's the one where you can almost not hear what is being said because of the fast and more pronounced words they say.