Cantonese and Ilocano
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Philippines
National Language
China, Guangdong
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Commission on the Filipino Language
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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 Language
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Time Taken to Learn
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How Are You?
你好吗？
Kumusta?
Good Night
晚安
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
晚上好
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
下午好
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
早上好
Naimbag a bigat
I Love You
我爱你
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
原谅我
Maawan-dayawen
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Balangao
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Philippines
How Many People Speak
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Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Philippines
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Not present
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Not present
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
ilokano
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
Not Available
ilocano
German Name
Not Available
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
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Ilocano people
Origin
17th century
18th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Modern Ilocano
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
ilo
ISO 639 2/B
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ilo
ISO 639 3
No data available
ilo
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
cant1236
ilok1237
Linguasphere
No data available
31-CBA-a
Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Ilocano dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Ilocano language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Ilocano Dialects are spoken in different Ilocano speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Ilocano Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Ilocano dialects include: Balangao , Bontoc. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Ilocano Speaking population
Cantonese and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Ilocano on Cantonese vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Ilocano Language Codes
Cantonese and Ilocano language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Ilocano Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.