Countries
Philippines
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Philippines
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
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.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Kablaaw
  
pranam
  
Thank You
Agyamanak
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
Kumusta?
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
Not available
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
Agpakawanak
  
maf karai
  
Bye
Pakada
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Ayayatenka
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Balangao
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bontoc
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
North India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
9.10 million
  
99+
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
ilokano
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
ilocano
  
maithili
  
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
  
Maithil
  
Origin
18th Century
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
  
Standard Maithili
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
ilo
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ilok1237
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
All Ilocano and Maithili 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 Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Ilocano and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Ilocano are spoken in different Ilocano Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Ilocano vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Ilocano dialects include: Balangao, Bontoc. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Ilocano and Maithili Speaking population
Ilocano and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ilocano and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Ilocano and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Ilocano vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Ilocano and Maithili Language Codes
Ilocano and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Ilocano and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.