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Ilocano
Ilocano

Chewa
Chewa



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Ilocano and Chewa

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Countries

Countries

Philippines
Malawi, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Philippines
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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
Zambia

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.
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.

Similar To

Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Zulu language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3231
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2018
9 60
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Scripts

Ilokano Braille, Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

45
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks32 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kablaaw
Moni

Thank You

Agyamanak
Zikomo

How Are You?

Kumusta?
Muli bwanji?

Good Night

Naimbag a rabii
Usiku wabwino

Good Evening

Naimbag a sardam
Madzulo abwino

Good Afternoon

Naimbag a malem
Masana abwino

Good Morning

Naimbag a bigat
M'mawa wabwino

Please

mangngegda
Chonde

Sorry

Agpakawanak
pepani

Bye

Pakada
anatsanzikana

I Love You

Ayayatenka
Ndimakukondani

Excuse Me

Maawan-dayawen
Pepani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Balangao
Kasungu

Where They Speak

Philippines
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

21,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Bontoc
Kikamtunda

Where They Speak

Philippines
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

41,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Kimaravi

Where They Speak

Not present
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

8,000,000.001,200,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

25
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.10 million12.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.14 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

9.10 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million1.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ilokano
Nyanja

Alternative Names

Ilokano, Iloko
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa

French Name

ilocano
chichewa; chewa; nyanja

German Name

Ilokano-Sprache
Nyanja-Sprache

Pronunciation

[iːloˈkɑno]
[ˈtʃewa]

Ethnicity

Ilocano people
Chewa people

History

Origin

18th Century
15th Century

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

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Benue-Congo

Branch

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Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Ilocano
Chewa

Language Position

9427
1 120
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Signed Forms

Ilocano Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
ny

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ilo
nya

ISO 639 2/B

ilo
nya

ISO 639 3

ilo
nya

ISO 639 6

ilo
nya

Glottocode

ilok1237
nyan1308

Linguasphere

31-CBA-a
99-AUS-xaa – xag

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Ilocano and Chewa Alphabets

Ilocano and Chewa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Ilocano and Chewa. In Ilocano Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn Ilocano and Chewa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Ilocano and Chewa 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 Chewa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Ilocano and Chewa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Ilocano and Chewa Speaking population

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

Ilocano and Chewa Language Codes

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