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Countries

Countries

Japan
Philippines

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Japan
Philippines

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Pacific
Asia

Minority Language

Palau
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Commission on the Filipino Language

Interesting Facts

  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.

Similar To

Korean Language
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages

Derived From

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-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

9932
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1420
9 60
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Scripts

Kana
Ilokano Braille, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

54
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Kablaaw

Thank You

ありがとう (Arigatō)
Agyamanak

How Are You?

お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Kumusta?

Good Night

おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Naimbag a rabii

Good Evening

こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Naimbag a sardam

Good Afternoon

こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Naimbag a malem

Good Morning

おはよう (Ohayō)
Naimbag a bigat

Please

お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
mangngegda

Sorry

ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Agpakawanak

Bye

さようなら (Sayōnara)
Pakada

I Love You

愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Ayayatenka

Excuse Me

すみません (Sumimasen)
Maawan-dayawen

Dialects

Dialect 1

Sanuki
Balangao

Where They Speak

Kagawa
Philippines

How Many People Speak

1,000,000.0021,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hakata
Bontoc

Where They Speak

Fukuoka
Philippines

How Many People Speak

127,000,000.0041,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kansai
Not present

Where They Speak

kansai
Not present

How Many People Speak

127,000,000.008,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

312
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

128.00 million9.10 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.90 %0.14 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

128.00 million9.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

日本語
ilokano

Alternative Names

Nihongo
Ilokano, Iloko

French Name

japonais
ilocano

German Name

Japanisch
Ilokano-Sprache

Pronunciation

/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[iːloˈkɑno]

Ethnicity

Japanese (Yamato)
Ilocano people

History

Origin

1185
18th Century

Language Family

Japonic Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms

Standard Forms

Japanese
Modern Ilocano

Language Position

894
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Japanese
Ilocano Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ja
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

jpn
ilo

ISO 639 2/B

jpn
ilo

ISO 639 3

jpn
ilo

ISO 639 6

jpn
ilo

Glottocode

nucl1643
ilok1237

Linguasphere

45-CAA-a
31-CBA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative, Synthetic
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Japanese and Ilocano Alphabets

Japanese and Ilocano Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Japanese and Ilocano. In Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters while in Ilocano Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Japanese and Ilocano languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Japanese and Ilocano languages. The Japanese phonology consist Japanese vowels and Japanese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Japanese greetings vs Ilocano greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Japanese and Ilocano are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Japanese and Ilocano Speaking population

Japanese and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 %. 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 Japanese and Ilocano on Japanese vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Ilocano Language Codes

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