Countries
Philippines
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Palau
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Korean Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3299
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2014
9
60
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Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Kana
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kablaaw
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Agyamanak
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Kumusta?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
mangngegda
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
Agpakawanak
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Pakada
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Ayayatenka
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Balangao
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Philippines
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
21,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bontoc
Hakata
Where They Speak
Philippines
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
41,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Kansai
Where They Speak
Not present
kansai
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
231
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %1.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.10 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ilokano
日本語
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Nihongo
French Name
ilocano
japonais
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
18th Century
1185
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Japanese
Language Position
948
1
120
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Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
jpn
ISO 639 3
ilo
jpn
ISO 639 6
ilo
jpn
Glottocode
ilok1237
nucl1643
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic