Countries
Philippines
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
India
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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Kannada Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3251
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
616
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2035
9
60
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Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Kablaaw
Namaskara
Thank You
Agyamanak
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
Kumusta?
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
yedde rathre
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
yedde kaande
Please
mangngegda
Daya maltadu
Sorry
Agpakawanak
Yenna thapu aandu
Bye
Pakada
Barpe
I Love You
Ayayatenka
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Balangao
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Philippines
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
21,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bontoc
Jain
Where They Speak
Philippines
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
41,000.001,900,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Girijan
Where They Speak
Not present
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.002.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
24
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million1.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.10 million1.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ilokano
Tulu
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
ilocano
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German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Tulu
Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]
[ˈtulu]
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Tuluva
Origin
18th Century
14
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Tulu
Language Position
9423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language
Signed Tulu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
tcy
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
tul
ISO 639 3
ilo
tcy
ISO 639 6
ilo
tcy
Glottocode
ilok1237
tulu1258
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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