Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Commission on the Filipino Language
Interesting Facts
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4032
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
216
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1920
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Kablaaw
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Agyamanak
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Kumusta?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Naimbag a bigat
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
mangngegda
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Agpakawanak
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Pakada
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Maawan-dayawen
Dialect 1
Jeju
Balangao
Where They Speak
South Korea
Philippines
How Many People Speak
10,000.0021,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Bontoc
Where They Speak
South Korea
Philippines
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0041,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Not present
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Not present
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
122
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million9.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million9.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
ilokano
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
coréen
ilocano
German Name
Koreanisch
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[iːloˈkɑno]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Ilocano people
Origin
Before 1st century
18th Century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Modern Ilocano
Language Position
1294
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Ilocano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
ilo
ISO 639 2/B
kor
ilo
ISO 639 3
Kor
ilo
ISO 639 6
kor
ilo
Glottocode
kore1280
ilok1237
Linguasphere
45-AAA
31-CBA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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