Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Kablaaw
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Agyamanak
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Kumusta?
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Naimbag a rabii
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Naimbag a sardam
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Naimbag a malem
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Naimbag a bigat
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Not available
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Agpakawanak
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
Pakada
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Ayayatenka
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Maawan-dayawen
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Balangao
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Bontoc
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
9.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
9.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
ilokano
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Ilokano, Iloko
  
French Name
arménien
  
ilocano
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Ilocano people
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
18th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Modern Ilocano
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
ilok1237
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
31-CBA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available