Countries
Countries
Philippines
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Not Available
Caucasian languages
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3262
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
62
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2060
9
60
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Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
4NA
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
NA27 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Kablaaw
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Agyamanak
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Kumusta?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Not available
Not Available
Sorry
Agpakawanak
Not Available
Bye
Pakada
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Ayayatenka
Not available
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
Not available
Dialects
Dialect 1
Balangao
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Philippines
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
21,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bontoc
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Philippines
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
41,000.00NA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Sadz
Where They Speak
Not present
Turkey
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
23
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million0.13 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %NA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.10 million0.13 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ilokano
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
ilocano
abkhaze
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Abkhaz people
History
Origin
18th Century
c. 1650
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Abkhaz
Language Position
94NA
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
No data available
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
abk
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
abk
ISO 639 3
ilo
abk
ISO 639 6
Not Available
abks
Glottocode
ilok1237
abkh1244
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative