Countries
Philippines
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Malaysia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Thailand
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Indonesian Language
Derived From
-
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3226
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2024
9
60
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Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Kablaaw
Hai
Thank You
Agyamanak
terima kasih
How Are You?
Kumusta?
Apa khabar?
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
Selamat pagi
Please
mangngegda
sila
Sorry
Agpakawanak
maaf
Bye
Pakada
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Ayayatenka
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Balangao
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Philippines
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
21,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bontoc
Pekal
Where They Speak
Philippines
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
41,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Musi
Where They Speak
Not present
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
224
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million175.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.10 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ilokano
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
ilocano
malais
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Malaysian people
Origin
18th Century
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
9454
1
120
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Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
msa
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
may
ISO 639 3
ilo
zsm
ISO 639 6
ilo
may
Glottocode
ilok1237
stan1306
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative