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Igbo
Igbo

Ilocano
Ilocano



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Countries

Countries

Nigeria
Philippines

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
Philippines

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Equatorial Guinea
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Commission on the Filipino Language

Interesting Facts

  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.

Similar To

Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3632
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

86
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2820
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Ilokano Braille, Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

kedụ
Kablaaw

Thank You

dalụ
Agyamanak

How Are You?

kedụ ka ịmere
Kumusta?

Good Night

ka chi fo
Naimbag a rabii

Good Evening

mgbede ọma
Naimbag a sardam

Good Afternoon

ehihie ọma
Naimbag a malem

Good Morning

ụtụtụ ọma
Naimbag a bigat

Please

Biko
mangngegda

Sorry

Ndo
Agpakawanak

Bye

Kachifo
Pakada

I Love You

a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Ayayatenka

Excuse Me

ngọpụ
Maawan-dayawen

Dialects

Dialect 1

Enuani
Balangao

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Philippines

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0021,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ngwa
Bontoc

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Philippines

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.0041,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Not present

Where They Speak

-
Not present

How Many People Speak

24.008,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

202
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million9.10 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.09 %0.14 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million9.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

24.00 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

igbo
ilokano

Alternative Names

Ibo
Ilokano, Iloko

French Name

igbo
ilocano

German Name

Ibo-Sprache
Ilokano-Sprache

Pronunciation

[iɡ͡boː]
[iːloˈkɑno]

Ethnicity

Igbo people
Ilocano people

History

Origin

30th Century BC
18th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Kwa
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Igbo
Modern Ilocano

Language Position

5794
1 120
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Signed Forms

Igbo Sign Language
Ilocano Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ig
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ibo
ilo

ISO 639 2/B

ibo
ilo

ISO 639 3

ibo
ilo

ISO 639 6

ibo
ilo

Glottocode

nucl1417
ilok1237

Linguasphere

No data available
31-CBA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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-

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
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Igbo and Ilocano Alphabets

Igbo and Ilocano Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Igbo and Ilocano. In Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Ilocano Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Igbo and Ilocano languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Igbo and Ilocano languages. The Igbo phonology consist Igbo vowels and Igbo consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Igbo greetings vs Ilocano greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Igbo and Ilocano are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Igbo and Ilocano Speaking population

Igbo and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % 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 Igbo and Ilocano on Igbo vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Ilocano Language Codes

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