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Ilocano and Nepali


Nepali and Ilocano


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Philippines   
Nepal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language   
Language Academy of Nepal   

Interesting Facts
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages   
Hindi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
20   
10
36   
26

Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Kablaaw   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
Agyamanak   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Kumusta?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
Naimbag a rabii   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
Not available   
कृपया   

Sorry
Agpakawanak   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
Pakada   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Ayayatenka   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Balangao   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
21,000.00   
99+
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Bontoc   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
India, Nepal   

How Many People Speak
41,000.00   
39
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Not present   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.10 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.14 %   
99+
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
9.10 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
ilokano   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
ilocano   
népalais   

German Name
Ilokano-Sprache   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ilocano people   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
18th Century   
19 BC   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano   
Nepali   

Language Position
94   
99+
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ilo   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
ilo   
nep   

ISO 639 3
ilo   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ilok1237   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
31-CBA-a   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Ilocano and Nepali Speaking population

Ilocano and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ilocano and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Ilocano and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Ilocano vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ilocano and Nepali Language Codes

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

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