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Ilocano and Maltese

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Countries

Countries

Philippines
European Union, Malta

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Philippines
Malta

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America

Regulated By

Commission on the Filipino Language
National Council for the Maltese 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.
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.

Similar To

Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Western Arabic Dialects

Derived From

-
Roman Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3230
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

66
0 32
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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
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kablaaw
Ħello

Thank You

Agyamanak
Grazzi

How Are You?

Kumusta?
Kif int?

Good Night

Naimbag a rabii
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Evening

Naimbag a sardam
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Afternoon

Naimbag a malem
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb

Good Morning

Naimbag a bigat
L-għodwa t-tajba

Please

mangngegda
Jekk jogħġbok

Sorry

Agpakawanak
Skużani!

Bye

Pakada
Ċaw

I Love You

Ayayatenka
Inħobbok ħafna

Excuse Me

Maawan-dayawen
Skużi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Balangao
Qormi

Where They Speak

Philippines
Malta

How Many People Speak

21,000.00520,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Bontoc
Żejtun

Where They Speak

Philippines
Malta

How Many People Speak

41,000.00500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Not Present

Where They Speak

Not present
-

How Many People Speak

8,000,000.00500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

22
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.10 million0.52 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.14 %0.02 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

9.10 million0.52 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million0.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ilokano
Malti

Alternative Names

Ilokano, Iloko
Malti

French Name

ilocano
maltais

German Name

Ilokano-Sprache
Maltesisch

Pronunciation

[iːloˈkɑno]
[mɔːltiːz]

Ethnicity

Ilocano people
Maltese

History

Origin

18th Century
c. 1470

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

-
Semitic

Branch

-
North Abric

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Ilocano
Maltese

Language Position

9425
1 120
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Signed Forms

Ilocano Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
mt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ilo
mlt

ISO 639 2/B

ilo
mlt

ISO 639 3

ilo
mlt

ISO 639 6

ilo
mlt

Glottocode

ilok1237
malt1254

Linguasphere

31-CBA-a
12-AAC-c

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
Synthetic

Ilocano and Maltese Alphabets

Ilocano and Maltese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Ilocano and Maltese. In Ilocano Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Ilocano and Maltese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Ilocano and Maltese 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 Maltese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Ilocano and Maltese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Ilocano and Maltese Speaking population

Ilocano and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ilocano and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Ilocano and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 %. 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 Maltese on Ilocano vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ilocano and Maltese Language Codes

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