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Afrikaans and Ilocano


Ilocano and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Philippines  

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  
Commission on the Filipino Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
6  
3

How Many Consonants
17  
7
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Ilokano Braille, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Kablaaw  

Thank You
Dankie  
Agyamanak  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
Kumusta?  

Good Night
goeie nag  
Naimbag a rabii  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
Naimbag a sardam  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
Naimbag a malem  

Good Morning
goeie more  
Naimbag a bigat  

Please
asseblief  
mangngegda  

Sorry
jammer  
Agpakawanak  

Bye
Totsiens  
Pakada  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
Ayayatenka  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
Maawan-dayawen  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Balangao  

Where They Speak
-  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
40
21,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Bontoc  

Where They Speak
-  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
99+
41,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
8,000,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million  
99+
9.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
9.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
40
11.00 million  
39

Native Name
Afrikaans  
ilokano  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Ilokano, Iloko  

French Name
afrikaans  
ilocano  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Ilokano-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  
[iːloˈkɑno]  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Ilocano people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
18th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Modern Ilocano  

Language Position
23  
21
94  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Ilocano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
ilo  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
ilo  

ISO 639 3
afr  
ilo  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
ilo  

Glottocode
afri1274  
ilok1237  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
31-CBA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
-  

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All Afrikaans and Ilocano Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Ilocano dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Ilocano language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Ilocano Dialects are spoken in different Ilocano speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Ilocano Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Ilocano dialects include: Balangao , Bontoc. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and Ilocano Speaking population

Afrikaans and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Ilocano on Afrikaans vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Ilocano Language Codes

Afrikaans and Ilocano language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Ilocano Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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