Countries
Philippines
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Philippines
Indonesia
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
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
-
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 Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3227
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2021
9
60
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Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Kablaaw
Halo
Thank You
Agyamanak
matur nuwun
How Are You?
Kumusta?
piye kabare?
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
Sugeng énjing
Please
mangngegda
matur nuwun
Sorry
Agpakawanak
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
Pakada
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
Ayayatenka
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Balangao
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Philippines
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
21,000.0082,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bontoc
Cirebon
Where They Speak
Philippines
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
41,000.0082,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Arekan
Where They Speak
Not present
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.0082,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
216
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million82.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %1.25 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.10 million76.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million82.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ilokano
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
ilocano
javanais
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Javanisch
Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Origin
18th Century
450 AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Javanese
Language Position
9411
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language
Javanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
jv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
jav
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
jav
ISO 639 3
ilo
jav
ISO 639 6
ilo
jav
Glottocode
ilok1237
java1253
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative