Countries
Philippines
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Farsi Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3233
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
68
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2029
9
60
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Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kablaaw
Silaw
Thank You
Agyamanak
Sipas
How Are You?
Kumusta?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
Bayanit bash
Please
mangngegda
Bê zehmet
Sorry
Agpakawanak
Bibûre
Bye
Pakada
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Ayayatenka
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Balangao
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Philippines
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
21,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bontoc
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Philippines
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
41,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Not present
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
23
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million28.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.31 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.10 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ilokano
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
ilocano
kurde
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Kurds
Origin
18th Century
16th century CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Kurdish
Language Position
9414
1
120
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Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
kur
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
kur
ISO 639 3
ilo
kur
ISO 639 6
ilo
kur
Glottocode
ilok1237
kurd1259
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
58-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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