Countries
Philippines
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
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
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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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3247
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
68
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2022
9
60
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Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kablaaw
pranam
Thank You
Agyamanak
dhanyabad
How Are You?
Kumusta?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
Śubharātri
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
Suprabhaat
Please
mangngegda
kripaya
Sorry
Agpakawanak
maf karai
Bye
Pakada
Alavidā
I Love You
Ayayatenka
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
kripaya
Dialect 1
Balangao
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Philippines
Nepal
How Many People Speak
21,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bontoc
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Philippines
North India
How Many People Speak
41,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Khortha
Where They Speak
Not present
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
215
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million32.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.41 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.10 million27.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ilokano
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
ilocano
maithili
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Maithili
Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Maithil
Origin
18th Century
14th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Standard Maithili
Language Position
9440
1
120
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Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
mai
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
mai
ISO 639 3
ilo
mai
ISO 639 6
ilo
mai
Glottocode
ilok1237
mait1250
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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