Countries
Philippines
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Philippines
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3226
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2021
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Kablaaw
Hello
Thank You
Agyamanak
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Kumusta?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
Subax wanaagsan
Please
mangngegda
Fadlan
Sorry
Agpakawanak
sorry
Bye
Pakada
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Ayayatenka
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Balangao
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Philippines
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
21,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bontoc
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Philippines
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
41,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Not present
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
23
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.10 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ilokano
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
ilocano
somali
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Somali
Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Somalis
Origin
18th Century
19th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Somali
Language Position
9483
1
120
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Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
som
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
som
ISO 639 3
ilo
som
ISO 639 6
ilo
som
Glottocode
ilok1237
soma1255
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-