Countries
Philippines
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Nepal
  
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
  
People's Republic of China
  
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Hindi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kablaaw
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Thank You
Agyamanak
  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
How Are You?
Kumusta?
  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
  
Good afternoon
  
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Please
Not available
  
कृपया
  
Sorry
Agpakawanak
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Bye
Pakada
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
I Love You
Ayayatenka
  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Dialect 1
Balangao
  
Doteli
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
Bontoc
  
Bajhangi
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
India, Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Baitadeli
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
9.10 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
ilokano
  
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
French Name
ilocano
  
népalais
  
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Nepali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Origin
18th Century
  
19 BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
  
Nepali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Nepali
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ne
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
  
nep
  
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
  
nep
  
ISO 639 3
ilo
  
npi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ilok1237
  
nepa1254
  
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
  
12
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Ilocano and Nepali Speaking population
Ilocano and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ilocano and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Ilocano and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Ilocano vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Ilocano and Nepali Language Codes
Ilocano and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Ilocano and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.