Countries
Philippines
  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
South Africa
  
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.
  
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kablaaw
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Agyamanak
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
Kumusta?
  
How are you?
  
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
  
Good Night
  
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
  
Good Evening
  
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
  
Good Afternoon
  
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
  
Good Morning
  
Please
Not available
  
Please
  
Sorry
Agpakawanak
  
Sorry
  
Bye
Pakada
  
Bye
  
I Love You
Ayayatenka
  
I love you
  
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
  
Excuse Me
  
Dialect 1
Balangao
  
American English
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Bontoc
  
Hiberno-English
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Welsh English
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
14
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million
  
99+
1,200.00 million
  
1
Native Speakers
9.10 million
  
99+
400.00 million
  
3
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
400.00 million
  
1
Native Name
ilokano
  
English
  
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
  
Not Available
  
French Name
ilocano
  
anglais
  
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Englisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
18th Century
  
5th Century AD
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
  
Standard English
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
en
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
  
eng
  
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
  
eng
  
ISO 639 3
ilo
  
eng
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
engs
  
Glottocode
ilok1237
  
stan1293
  
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
  
52-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic