Countries
Philippines
Assam, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Assam, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
-
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
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.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3245
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
620
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2025
9
60
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Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks34 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kablaaw
नमस्कार
Thank You
Agyamanak
धन्यवाद
How Are You?
Kumusta?
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
बोडो
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
अन्धानि बार
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
mangngegda
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Sorry
Agpakawanak
दु:खित
Bye
Pakada
Lwrbw
I Love You
Ayayatenka
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
दु:खित
Dialect 1
Balangao
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Philippines
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
How Many People Speak
21,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bontoc
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Philippines
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
How Many People Speak
41,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Not present
Assam, India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
23
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.10 million0.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.14 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
9.10 million0.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ilokano
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
French Name
ilocano
bodo
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Bodo
Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Origin
18th Century
1913
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
-
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
-
Language Position
9430
1
120
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Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language
Signed Bodo
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
br
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
brx
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
brx
ISO 639 3
ilo
brx
ISO 639 6
ilo
brx
Glottocode
ilok1237
bodo1269
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
59-AAB
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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