Category:Ilocano terms by usage

Ilocano terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Ilocano colloquialisms: Ilocano terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Ilocano dialectal terms: Ilocano terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Ilocano endearing terms: Ilocano terms that are used to show affection or endearment to another person.
• Category:Ilocano familiar terms: Ilocano terms whose use is typically to contexts of friendly intimacy.
• Category:Ilocano higher register terms: Ilocano terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Ilocano informal terms: Ilocano terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Ilocano nonstandard terms: Ilocano terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Ilocano terms with obsolete senses: Ilocano terms with individual senses that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Ilocano obsolete terms: Ilocano terms that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Ilocano poetic terms: Ilocano terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Ilocano terms with rare senses: Ilocano terms with individual senses that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Ilocano slang: Ilocano colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Ilocano superseded forms: Ilocano forms that have been superseded by other forms due to changes in spelling conventions.
• Category:Ilocano terms with uncommon senses: Ilocano terms with individual senses that are in general use but not common.
• Category:Ilocano vulgarities: Ilocano terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.