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Ilocano

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Countries

Countries

Philippines
Ethiopia, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Philippines
Ethiopia

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Somalia

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.
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.

Similar To

Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Somali Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3234
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

610
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

45
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kablaaw
akkam

Thank You

Agyamanak
Galatoomi

How Are You?

Kumusta?
Attam jirta/jirtu?

Good Night

Naimbag a rabii
Nagayattii buli

Good Evening

Naimbag a sardam
Akkam waarite

Good Afternoon

Naimbag a malem
Attam oolte / ooltan

Good Morning

Naimbag a bigat
Attam bulte/bultan

Please

mangngegda
Maaloo

Sorry

Agpakawanak
naa dhiisi

Bye

Pakada
Nagayattii!

I Love You

Ayayatenka
Sin jaaladha

Excuse Me

Maawan-dayawen
Maaloo na dabarsi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Balangao
Borana

Where They Speak

Philippines
Ethiopia, Kenya

How Many People Speak

21,000.004,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Bontoc
Orma

Where They Speak

Philippines
Kenya

How Many People Speak

41,000.0066,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Wata

Where They Speak

Not present
Kenya

How Many People Speak

8,000,000.0013,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

217
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.10 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.14 %0.36 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

9.10 million24.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million35.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ilokano
Afaan Oromo

Alternative Names

Ilokano, Iloko
Afaan Oromoo

French Name

ilocano
galla

German Name

Ilokano-Sprache
Galla-Sprache

Pronunciation

[iːloˈkɑno]
[ɔrɔmɔ]

Ethnicity

Ilocano people
Oromos

History

Origin

18th Century
16

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

-
Cushitic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Ilocano
Afaan Oromo

Language Position

9491
1 120
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Signed Forms

Ilocano Sign Language
Oromo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
om

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ilo
orm

ISO 639 2/B

ilo
orm

ISO 639 3

ilo
orm

ISO 639 6

ilo
orm

Glottocode

ilok1237
nucl1736

Linguasphere

31-CBA-a
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Ilocano and Oromo Alphabets

Ilocano and Oromo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Ilocano and Oromo. In Ilocano Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters. To learn Ilocano and Oromo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Ilocano and Oromo 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 Oromo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Ilocano and Oromo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Ilocano and Oromo Speaking population

Ilocano and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ilocano and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Ilocano and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 %. 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 Oromo on Ilocano vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ilocano and Oromo Language Codes

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