Countries
Philippines
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kablaaw
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Agyamanak
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Kumusta?
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
Not available
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
Agpakawanak
  
sorry
  
Bye
Pakada
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
Ayayatenka
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Balangao
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bontoc
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
9.10 million
  
99+
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
ilokano
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
ilocano
  
somali
  
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
  
Somalis
  
Origin
18th Century
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
  
Somali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
ilo
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ilok1237
  
soma1255
  
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 Somali Speaking population
Ilocano and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ilocano and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Ilocano and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali 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 Somali on Ilocano vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Ilocano and Somali Language Codes
Ilocano and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Ilocano and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.