Countries
Philippines
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Munda Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3230
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2021
9
60
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Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kablaaw
Henda ho
Thank You
Agyamanak
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Kumusta?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
संध्यायान
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
Boge Setak’
Please
mangngegda
দয়া করে
Sorry
Agpakawanak
দুঃখিত
Bye
Pakada
Hariau
I Love You
Ayayatenka
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Balangao
Mahali
Where They Speak
Philippines
India
How Many People Speak
21,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bontoc
Not present
Where They Speak
Philippines
-
How Many People Speak
41,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Not present
Where They Speak
Not present
-
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
21
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million6.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.10 million6.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ilokano
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
ilocano
santal
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Santali
Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
18th Century
20th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Santali
Language Position
9441
1
120
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Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
sat
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
sat
ISO 639 3
ilo
sat
ISO 639 6
ilo
sat
Glottocode
ilok1237
sant1410
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
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