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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
-  
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
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
mangngegda  
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  
99+

Dialect 2
Bontoc  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
41,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Not present  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Not present  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00  
31
17,000,000.00  
26

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
11.00 million  
39
5.00 million  
99+

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
[iːloˈkɑno]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Ilocano people  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
18th Century  
19 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
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
Ilocano Sign Language  
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
ilo  
nep  

Glottocode
ilok1237  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
31-CBA-a  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
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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