Home
Languagevs


Ilocano and Cantonese


Cantonese and Ilocano


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Philippines  
China, Guangdong  

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  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

Interesting Facts
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
20  
10
20  
10

Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Kablaaw  
您好  

Thank You
Agyamanak  
谢谢  

How Are You?
Kumusta?  
你好吗?  

Good Night
Naimbag a rabii  
晚安  

Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem  
下午好  

Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat  
早上好  

Please
mangngegda  
请  

Sorry
Agpakawanak  
遗憾  

Bye
Pakada  
再见  

I Love You
Ayayatenka  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Balangao  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
outside mainland China  

How Many People Speak
21,000.00  
99+
71,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
Bontoc  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
41,000.00  
99+
71,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
Not present  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
Not present  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00  
31
70,000,000.00  
10

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.10 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
9.10 million  
99+
52.00 million  
21

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
71.00 million  
15

Native Name
ilokano  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
ilocano  
cantonais  

German Name
Ilokano-Sprache  
Kantonesisch  

Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]  
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]  

Ethnicity
Ilocano people  
Han Chinese  

History

Origin
18th Century  
17th century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
94  
99+
1  
1

Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language  
Signed Cantonese  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ilo  
yue  

ISO 639 2/B
ilo  
yue  

ISO 639 3
ilo  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
ilo  
yue  

Glottocode
ilok1237  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
31-CBA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

Summary >>
<< Code

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

Compare Most Difficult Languages

Ilocano and Cantonese Speaking population

Ilocano and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ilocano and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Ilocano and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Ilocano vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ilocano and Cantonese Language Codes

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

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages