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Afrikaans and Ilocano


Ilocano and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Philippines   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Commission on the Filipino Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
6   
3

How Many Consonants
17   
7
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Ilokano Braille, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Kablaaw   

Thank You
Dankie   
Agyamanak   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
Kumusta?   

Good Night
goeie nag   
Naimbag a rabii   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
Naimbag a sardam   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
Naimbag a malem   

Good Morning
goeie more   
Naimbag a bigat   

Please
asseblief   
Not available   

Sorry
jammer   
Agpakawanak   

Bye
Not Available   
Pakada   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
Ayayatenka   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
Maawan-dayawen   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Balangao   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Bontoc   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
41,000.00   
39

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Not present   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
9.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.14 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
9.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
Not Available   

Native Name
Afrikaans   
ilokano   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Ilokano, Iloko   

French Name
afrikaans   
ilocano   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Ilokano-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Ilocano people   

History

Origin
17th Century   
18th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Modern Ilocano   

Language Position
Not Available   
94   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
ilo   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
ilo   

ISO 639 3
afr   
ilo   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
ilok1237   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
31-CBA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Not Available   

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

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Afrikaans and Ilocano Speaking population

Afrikaans and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available 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 Afrikaans and Ilocano on Afrikaans vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Ilocano Language Codes

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

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