Chinese and Ilocano
Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Philippines
National Language
China, Taiwan
Philippines
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Commission on the Filipino Language
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
Similar To
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Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Kablaaw
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Agyamanak
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Kumusta?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Naimbag a bigat
Please
请 (Qǐng)
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Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Agpakawanak
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Maawan-dayawen
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Balangao
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Philippines
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Philippines
Dialect 3
Yue
Not present
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Not present
How Many People Speak
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
ilokano
Alternative Names
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Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
chinois
ilocano
German Name
Chinesisch
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Han
Ilocano people
Origin
1250 BC
18th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Modern Ilocano
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sini1245
ilok1237
Linguasphere
79-AAA
31-CBA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Chinese 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 Chinese and Ilocano dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Ilocano language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Ilocano Dialects are spoken in different Ilocano speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Ilocano Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Ilocano dialects include: Balangao , Bontoc. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Ilocano Speaking population
Chinese and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % 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 Chinese and Ilocano on Chinese vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Ilocano Language Codes
Chinese and Ilocano language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Ilocano Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.