Countries
Philippines
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
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
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3227
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2015
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Kablaaw
Khurumjari
Thank You
Agyamanak
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Kumusta?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
Nongale haugatl
Please
mangngegda
Chanbiduna
Sorry
Agpakawanak
Saobiganu
Bye
Pakada
Chatcharage
I Love You
Ayayatenka
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Balangao
Loi
Where They Speak
Philippines
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
21,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bontoc
Pangal
Where They Speak
Philippines
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
41,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Not present
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
26
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million1.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.10 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ilokano
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
ilocano
Meithei
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Meithei
Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Meithei people
Origin
18th Century
1700
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Standard Meithei
Language Position
9438
1
120
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Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
mni
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
mni
ISO 639 3
ilo
mni
ISO 639 6
ilo
mni
Glottocode
ilok1237
mani1292
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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