Ilocano and Chinese
Countries
Philippines
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Philippines
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
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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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Hello
Kablaaw
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Agyamanak
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Kumusta?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Not available
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
Agpakawanak
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
I Love You
Ayayatenka
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Balangao
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Philippines
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Philippines
China, United States of America
Dialect 3
Not present
Yue
Where They Speak
Not present
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
ilokano
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
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French Name
ilocano
chinois
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Han
Origin
18th Century
1250 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
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Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
zh
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
ilok1237
sini1245
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
All Ilocano and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Ilocano and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Ilocano are spoken in different Ilocano Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Ilocano vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Ilocano dialects include: Balangao, Bontoc. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Ilocano and Chinese Speaking population
Ilocano and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ilocano and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Ilocano and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Ilocano vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Ilocano and Chinese Language Codes
Ilocano and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Ilocano and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.