Countries
Philippines
Bhutan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Philippines
Bhutan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
Dzongkha Development Commission
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
-
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3295
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2030
9
60
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Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks38 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kablaaw
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
Agyamanak
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
Kumusta?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
mangngegda
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
Agpakawanak
Tsip maza
Bye
Pakada
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
Ayayatenka
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Balangao
Laya
Where They Speak
Philippines
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
21,000.001,100.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bontoc
Lunana
Where They Speak
Philippines
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
41,000.00700.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Adap
Where They Speak
Not present
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00130,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
24
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million0.64 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.10 million0.17 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million0.47 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ilokano
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
ilocano
dzongkha
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Ngalop people
Origin
18th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
Tibeto-Burman
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Dzongkha
Language Position
9431
1
120
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Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
dz
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
dzo
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
dzo
ISO 639 3
ilo
dzo
ISO 639 6
ilo
dzo
Glottocode
ilok1237
nucl1307
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-