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Ilocano

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Ilocano and Shona

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Countries

Countries

Philippines
Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Philippines
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

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
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.
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.

Similar To

Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3237
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2046
9 60
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Scripts

Ilokano Braille, Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

44
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kablaaw
Mhoro

Thank You

Agyamanak
Waita zvako

How Are You?

Kumusta?
Wakadini zvako?

Good Night

Naimbag a rabii
Urare zvakanaka

Good Evening

Naimbag a sardam
Manheru

Good Afternoon

Naimbag a malem
Masikati

Good Morning

Naimbag a bigat
Mangwanani

Please

mangngegda
Ndinokumbirawo

Sorry

Agpakawanak
Ndineurombo

Bye

Pakada
bye

I Love You

Ayayatenka
Ndinokuda

Excuse Me

Maawan-dayawen
Pamusoro

Dialects

Dialect 1

Balangao
Hwesa

Where They Speak

Philippines
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

21,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Bontoc
Karanga

Where They Speak

Philippines
southern Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

41,000.001,100,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Zezuru

Where They Speak

Not present
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland

How Many People Speak

8,000,000.0016.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

24
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 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

9.10 million8.30 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ilokano
chiShona

Alternative Names

Ilokano, Iloko
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru

French Name

ilocano
shona

German Name

Ilokano-Sprache
Schona-Sprache

Pronunciation

[iːloˈkɑno]
[ʃoːna]

Ethnicity

Ilocano people
Shona people

History

Origin

18th Century
20th century

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

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Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona

Standard Forms

Modern Ilocano
Standard Shona

Language Position

94107
1 120
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Signed Forms

Ilocano Sign Language
Signed Shona

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
sn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ilo
sna

ISO 639 2/B

ilo
sna

ISO 639 3

ilo
sna

ISO 639 6

ilo
sna

Glottocode

ilok1237
core1255

Linguasphere

31-CBA-a
99-AUT-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Ilocano and Shona Alphabets

Ilocano and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Ilocano and Shona. In Ilocano Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters. To learn Ilocano and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Ilocano and Shona 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 Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Ilocano and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Ilocano and Shona Speaking population

Ilocano and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ilocano and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Ilocano and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Ilocano vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ilocano and Shona Language Codes

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