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German and Ilocano


Ilocano and German


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
9  
1
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Ilokano Braille, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

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
4,500,000.00  
99+
21,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Bontoc  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
99+
41,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
99+
8,000,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
9.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
13
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
9.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
11.00 million  
39

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  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

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
9  
9
94  
99+

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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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.

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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.

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