Countries
Philippines
  
India
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
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
  
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.
  
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Kablaaw
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
Agyamanak
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
Kumusta?
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Agpakawanak
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Pakada
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Ayayatenka
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Balangao
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bontoc
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
9.10 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
ilokano
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
ilocano
  
santal
  
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
18th Century
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austroasiatic 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
  
Santali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
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
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
ilo
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ilok1237
  
sant1410
  
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ilocano and Santali Speaking population
Ilocano and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ilocano and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Ilocano and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available. 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 Santali on Ilocano vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Ilocano and Santali Language Codes
Ilocano and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Ilocano and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.