Countries
Philippines
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3233
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
612
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2033
9
60
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Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Tangut
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kablaaw
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Agyamanak
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Kumusta?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
mangngegda
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Agpakawanak
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Pakada
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Ayayatenka
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Balangao
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Philippines
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
21,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bontoc
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Philippines
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
41,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Intha
Where They Speak
Not present
Burma
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
25
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million43.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.10 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ilokano
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
ilocano
birman
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Bamar people
Origin
18th Century
1113 AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Modern Burmese
Language Position
9443
1
120
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Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
mya
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
bur
ISO 639 3
ilo
mya
ISO 639 6
ilo
mya
Glottocode
ilok1237
sout3159
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating