Title: Request for a New WordPress Locale: Hiligaynon (hil)
Author: Rolly Bueno
Published: September 1, 2026

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1:25 am _on_ September 1, 2026     
Tags: [locale requests ( 208 )](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/tag/locale-requests/)

# Request for a New WordPress Locale: Hiligaynon (hil)

Request for a New WordPress LocaleLocale Locale = language version, often a combination
of a language code and a region code, for instance es_MX denotes Spanish as it’s
used in Mexico. A list of all locales supported by WordPress in [https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/):
Hiligaynon (hil)

I would like to request a new WordPress locale for **Hiligaynon**.

Hiligaynon, also commonly known as Ilonggo, is one of the major languages of the
Philippines and is spoken primarily across Western Visayas and parts of Mindanao.

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority’s 2020 Census of Population and
Housing, Hiligaynon/Ilonggo was the **third most commonly spoken language at home
in the Philippines**, used by approximately **1.93 million households, or 7.3% of
households nationwide**.

Source: [https://psa.gov.ph/content/tagalog-most-widely-spoken-language-home-2020-census-population-and-housing](https://psa.gov.ph/content/tagalog-most-widely-spoken-language-home-2020-census-population-and-housing)

Despite the size of the Hiligaynon-speaking community, Hiligaynon does not currently
have its own WordPress locale. I would like to help establish the Hiligaynon translation
project for WordPress and encourage other Hiligaynon-speaking WordPress users and
contributors to participate.

Here are the proposed locale details:

**Locale**: hil
 **Country code**: N/A **Plural forms**: nplurals=2; plural=(n !
= 1); **Language native name**: Hiligaynon **Language English name**: Hiligaynon**
Sub-domain**: hil.wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress 
code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source
code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for 
community conversations and organization. [https://wordpress.org/](https://wordpress.org/)**
Site Title**: Hiligaynon **Site Description**: WordPress sa Hiligaynon **Admin Username(
s)**: rollybueno, lynadeiram2596, khleomix[](https://www.ethnologue.com/language/hil/)

Hiligaynon uses the [ISO 639-3](https://www.ethnologue.com/language/hil/) language
code `hil`, and there are already established Hiligaynon localizationLocalization
Localization (sometimes shortened to "**l10n**") is the process of adapting a product
or service to a particular language, culture, and desired local "look-and-feel."
efforts in other open-source projects such as Mozilla.

I would be happy to help coordinate the initial translations, establish translation
guidelines and terminology, and encourage other Hiligaynon-speaking members of the
WordPress community to contribute. I am also reaching out to other Hiligaynon-speaking
contributors in the Philippine WordPress community to help establish the initial
translation team.

Please let me know if any of the proposed locale details, particularly the plural
expression, need to be adjusted before the locale is created.

Thank you!

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