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Ilocano
Ilocano

Xhosa
Xhosa



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Ilocano and Xhosa

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Countries

Countries

Philippines
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Philippines
South Africa

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho

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.
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.

Similar To

Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele

Derived From

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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3253
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

610
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2043
9 60
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Scripts

Ilokano Braille, Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

43
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kablaaw
Molo

Thank You

Agyamanak
Ndiyabulela

How Are You?

Kumusta?
Unjani

Good Night

Naimbag a rabii
Ulale kakuhle

Good Evening

Naimbag a sardam
Ubusuku obuhle

Good Afternoon

Naimbag a malem
Uben' emva kwemini entle

Good Morning

Naimbag a bigat
Molo

Please

mangngegda
Ndicela

Sorry

Agpakawanak
Ndicela uxolo

Bye

Pakada
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle

I Love You

Ayayatenka
Ndiyakuthanda

Excuse Me

Maawan-dayawen
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Balangao
Gcaleka

Where They Speak

Philippines
South Africa

How Many People Speak

21,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Bontoc
Thembu

Where They Speak

Philippines
South Africa

How Many People Speak

41,000.0019,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Hlubi

Where They Speak

Not present
South Africa

How Many People Speak

8,000,000.0019.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

29
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.10 million20.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.14 %0.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

9.10 million8.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ilokano
isiXhosa

Alternative Names

Ilokano, Iloko
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa

French Name

ilocano
xhosa

German Name

Ilokano-Sprache
Xhosa-Sprache

Pronunciation

[iːloˈkɑno]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]

Ethnicity

Ilocano people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca

History

Origin

18th Century
16th Century

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

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Benue-Congo

Branch

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Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Ilocano
isiXhosa

Language Position

9421
1 120
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Signed Forms

Ilocano Sign Language
Signed Xhosa

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
xh

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ilo
xho

ISO 639 2/B

ilo
xho

ISO 639 3

ilo
xho

ISO 639 6

ilo
xho

Glottocode

ilok1237
xhos1239

Linguasphere

31-CBA-a
99-AUT-fa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Ilocano and Xhosa Alphabets

Ilocano and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Ilocano and Xhosa. In Ilocano Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Ilocano and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Ilocano and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Ilocano and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Ilocano and Xhosa Speaking population

Ilocano and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ilocano and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Ilocano and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Ilocano vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ilocano and Xhosa Language Codes

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