Countries
Philippines
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
10
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
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Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3243
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
611
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2034
9
60
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Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kablaaw
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
Agyamanak
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Kumusta?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
mangngegda
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
Agpakawanak
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
Pakada
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Ayayatenka
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Balangao
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Philippines
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
21,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bontoc
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Philippines
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
41,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Not present
India
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
213
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million40.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.14 %0.43 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
9.10 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ilokano
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
ilocano
bhojpuri
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
18th Century
19th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Bhojpuri
Language Position
9437
1
120
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Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
bho
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
bho
ISO 639 3
ilo
bho
ISO 639 6
ilo
bho
Glottocode
ilok1237
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
59-AAF-sa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-