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German and Ilocano


Ilocano and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Germany   
Philippines   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Commission on the Filipino Language   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
9   
1
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Ilokano Braille, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Kablaaw   

Thank You
Danke   
Agyamanak   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Kumusta?   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
Naimbag a rabii   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
Naimbag a sardam   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Naimbag a malem   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Naimbag a bigat   

Please
bitte   
Not available   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
Agpakawanak   

Bye
Tschüs   
Pakada   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Ayayatenka   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Maawan-dayawen   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Balangao   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
21,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Bontoc   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
41,000.00   
39

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Not present   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
9.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.14 %   
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
9.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
ilokano   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Ilokano, Iloko   

French Name
allemand   
ilocano   

German Name
Deutsch   
Ilokano-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Ilocano people   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
18th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Modern Ilocano   

Language Position
9   
9
94   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
ilo   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
ilo   

ISO 639 3
deu   
ilo   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
ilok1237   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
31-CBA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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German and Ilocano Speaking population

German and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of German and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Ilocano on German vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Ilocano Language Codes

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

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