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Ilocano
Ilocano

Akan
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Ilocano and Akan

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Countries

Countries

Philippines
Ghana, Ivory coast

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Philippines
Ghana

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, United States of America

Regulated By

Commission on the Filipino Language
Akan Orthography Committee

Interesting Facts

  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  • Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
  • Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.

Similar To

Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages

Derived From

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-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3221
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

610
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2016
9 60
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Scripts

Ilokano Braille, Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

43
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kablaaw
ete-sen

Thank You

Agyamanak
meda ase

How Are You?

Kumusta?
wo ho te sɛn?

Good Night

Naimbag a rabii
maadwo

Good Evening

Naimbag a sardam
maadwo

Good Afternoon

Naimbag a malem
maaha

Good Morning

Naimbag a bigat
maakye

Please

mangngegda
wae

Sorry

Agpakawanak
Kafra

Bye

Pakada
bye

I Love You

Ayayatenka
Me doכ wo

Excuse Me

Maawan-dayawen
mepa wo kyɛw

Dialects

Dialect 1

Balangao
Asante

Where They Speak

Philippines
Ghana

How Many People Speak

21,000.009,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Bontoc
Akuapem

Where They Speak

Philippines
Ghana

How Many People Speak

41,000.009,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Fante

Where They Speak

Not present
Ghana

How Many People Speak

8,000,000.001,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

23
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.10 million11.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.14 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

9.10 million11.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ilokano
Akan

Alternative Names

Ilokano, Iloko
Twi, Fante

French Name

ilocano
akan

German Name

Ilokano-Sprache
Akan-Sprache

Pronunciation

[iːloˈkɑno]
[ˈaːkã]

Ethnicity

Ilocano people
Akan people

History

Origin

18th Century
15

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Ilocano
Akan

Language Position

94104
1 120
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Signed Forms

Ilocano Sign Language
Akan Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
ak

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ilo
aka

ISO 639 2/B

ilo
aka

ISO 639 3

ilo
aka

ISO 639 6

ilo
aka

Glottocode

ilok1237
akan1251

Linguasphere

31-CBA-a
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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-

Language Morphological Typology

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Ilocano and Akan Alphabets

Ilocano and Akan Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Ilocano and Akan. In Ilocano Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Ilocano and Akan languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Ilocano and Akan languages. The Ilocano phonology consist Ilocano vowels and Ilocano consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Ilocano greetings vs Akan greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Ilocano and Akan are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Ilocano and Akan Speaking population

Ilocano and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ilocano and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Ilocano and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. 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 Ilocano and Akan on Ilocano vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ilocano and Akan Language Codes

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