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Ilocano
Ilocano

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Japanese



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Countries

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

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3299
18 247
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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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Greetings

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)

Dialects

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
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Total No. Of Dialects

231
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.10 million128.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.14 %1.90 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

9.10 million128.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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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)

History

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

Code

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

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Agglutinative, Synthetic

Ilocano and Japanese Alphabets

Ilocano and Japanese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Ilocano and Japanese. In Ilocano Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters. To learn Ilocano and Japanese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Ilocano and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Ilocano and Japanese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Ilocano and Japanese Speaking population

Ilocano and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ilocano and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Ilocano and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Ilocano vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ilocano and Japanese Language Codes

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