Ilocano and Cantonese
Countries
Philippines
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Philippines
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hawaii
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
- 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.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Chinese Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Time Taken to Learn
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How Are You?
Kumusta?
你好吗？
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
晚安
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
下午好
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
早上好
I Love You
Ayayatenka
我爱你
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
原谅我
Dialect 1
Balangao
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Philippines
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Philippines
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Not present
Hong Kong
Native Name
ilokano
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
ilocano
Not Available
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
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Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Ilocano people
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Origin
18th Century
17th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
Not Available
ISO 639 3
ilo
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
ilok1237
cant1236
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Ilocano and Cantonese 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 Ilocano and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Ilocano and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Ilocano are spoken in different Ilocano Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Ilocano vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Ilocano dialects include: Balangao, Bontoc. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Ilocano and Cantonese Speaking population
Ilocano and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ilocano and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Ilocano and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Ilocano and Cantonese on Ilocano vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Ilocano and Cantonese Language Codes
Ilocano and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Ilocano and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.