Countries
Philippines
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
-
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3253
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
628
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2027
9
60
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Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kablaaw
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Agyamanak
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Kumusta?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
mangngegda
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Agpakawanak
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Pakada
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Ayayatenka
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Balangao
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Philippines
Laos
How Many People Speak
21,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bontoc
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Philippines
Laos
How Many People Speak
41,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Not present
Laos
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
26
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.10 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ilokano
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
ilocano
lao
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Lao people
Origin
18th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Lao
Language Position
9443
1
120
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Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
lao
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
lao
ISO 639 3
ilo
lao
ISO 639 6
ilo
lao
Glottocode
ilok1237
laoo1244
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Isolating