Countries
Philippines
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3231
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2020
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kablaaw
alo
Thank You
Agyamanak
multumesc
How Are You?
Kumusta?
ce mai faci?
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
noapte Buna
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
buna Ziua
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
bună Dimineața
Please
mangngegda
Vă Rog
Sorry
Agpakawanak
scuze
Bye
Pakada
La revedere
I Love You
Ayayatenka
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Balangao
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Philippines
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
21,000.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bontoc
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Philippines
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
41,000.005,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Not present
Croatia
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.001,400.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
210
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million28.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.10 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ilokano
Română
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
ilocano
roumain; moldave
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Romanians
Origin
18th Century
1521
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Romanian
Language Position
9436
1
120
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Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
ron
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
rum
ISO 639 3
ilo
ron
ISO 639 6
ilo
ron
Glottocode
ilok1237
roma1327
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic