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
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9932
18
247
👆🏻
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
-
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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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
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
312
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million9.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million9.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
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
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
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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