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Countries

Countries

Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Philippines

Total No. Of Countries

71
0 46
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National Language

Germany
Philippines

Second Language

North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia

Minority Language

Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Council for German Orthography
Commission on the Filipino Language

Interesting Facts

  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  • 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, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages

Derived From

Albanian Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2632
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

106
0 32
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How Many Consonants

920
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Ilokano Braille, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

64
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hallo
Kablaaw

Thank You

Danke
Agyamanak

How Are You?

Wie geht es dir?
Kumusta?

Good Night

gute Nacht
Naimbag a rabii

Good Evening

guten Abend
Naimbag a sardam

Good Afternoon

guten Tag
Naimbag a malem

Good Morning

guten Morgen
Naimbag a bigat

Please

bitte
mangngegda

Sorry

Verzeihung
Agpakawanak

Bye

Tschüs
Pakada

I Love You

Ich liebe dich
Ayayatenka

Excuse Me

Entschuldigung
Maawan-dayawen

Dialects

Dialect 1

Swiss German
Balangao

Where They Speak

Switzerland
Philippines

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.0021,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Swabian German
Bontoc

Where They Speak

Germany
Philippines

How Many People Speak

820,000.0041,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Texas German
Not present

Where They Speak

Texas
Not present

How Many People Speak

6,000.008,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

282
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

229.00 million9.10 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.39 %0.14 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

101.00 million9.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

128.00 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Deutsch
ilokano

Alternative Names

Deutsch, Tedesco
Ilokano, Iloko

French Name

allemand
ilocano

German Name

Deutsch
Ilokano-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[iːloˈkɑno]

Ethnicity

Germans
Ilocano people

History

Origin

6th Century AD
18th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Germanic
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Branch

Western
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Modern Ilocano

Language Position

994
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed German
Ilocano Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

de
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

deu
ilo

ISO 639 2/B

ger
ilo

ISO 639 3

deu
ilo

ISO 639 6

deus
ilo

Glottocode

high1287, uppe1397
ilok1237

Linguasphere

52-ACB–dl & -dm
31-CBA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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German and Ilocano Alphabets

German and Ilocano Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in German and Ilocano. In German Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Ilocano Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn German and Ilocano languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of German and Ilocano languages. The German phonology consist German vowels and German consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at German greetings vs Ilocano greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether German and Ilocano are Most Spoken Languages.

All German 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 German and Ilocano dialects. Various dialects of German and Ilocano language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Ilocano Dialects are spoken in different Ilocano speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Ilocano Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Ilocano dialects include: Balangao , Bontoc. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

German and Ilocano Speaking population

German and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of German and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Ilocano on German vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Ilocano Language Codes

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