1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Philippines
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
1.9 Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
Urare zvakanaka
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
Mangwanani
3.8 Please
Not available
Ndinokumbirawo
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
21,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Philippines
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not present
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
9.10 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
9.10 million8.30 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Schona-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
18th Century
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Not Available
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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