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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Philippines

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

Philippines

1.4 Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia

1.6 Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.7 Regulated By

Commission on the Filipino Language

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.

1.9 Similar To

Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages

1.10 Derived From

Not Available

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

32
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

6
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

20
Rank: 10 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Ilokano Braille, Latin

2.5 Writing Direction

Not Available

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

4
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

Kablaaw

3.2 Thank You

Agyamanak

3.3 How Are You?

Kumusta?

3.4 Good Night

Naimbag a rabii

3.5 Good Evening

Naimbag a sardam

3.6 Good Afternoon

Naimbag a malem

3.7 Good Morning

Naimbag a bigat

3.8 Please

Not available

3.9 Sorry

Agpakawanak

3.10 Bye

Pakada

3.11 I Love You

Ayayatenka

3.12 Excuse Me

Maawan-dayawen

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Balangao

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Philippines

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

21,000.00
Rank: 47 (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Bontoc

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Philippines

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

41,000.00
Rank: 39 (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Not present

4.3.1 Where They Speak

Not present

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

2
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

9.10 million
Rank: 56 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

0.14 %
Rank: 50 (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

9.10 million
Rank: 47 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

ilokano

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Ilokano, Iloko

5.3.4 French Name

ilocano

5.3.5 German Name

Ilokano-Sprache

5.4 Pronunciation

Not Available

5.5 Ethnicity

Ilocano people

6 History

6.1 Origin

18th Century

6.2 Language Family

Austronesian Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Not Available

6.2.2 Branch

Not Available

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

No early forms

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Modern Ilocano

6.3.3 Language Position

94
Rank: 63 (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Not Available

6.4 Scope

Individual

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

No data available

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

ilo

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

ilo

7.3 ISO 639 3

ilo

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

ilok1237

7.6 Linguasphere

31-CBA-a

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Not Available

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Not Available

Origin of Ilocano language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Ilocano language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Ilocano language states that it was put to use in 18th Century. The history of Ilocano language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Ilocano Language History. Ilocano has no early forms. Modern Ilocano is the standard form of Ilocano language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Ilocano Language.

Ilocano population

Ilocano population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Ilocano language. Ilocano language is spoken by 9.10 million people in the world. Most of the Ilocano population lies in the Ilocano Speaking Countries. Ilocano language is spoken as first language by 9.10 million people and no total count of people speaking Ilocano as second language. Get to know Ilocano speaking population in detail.

Ilocano writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Ilocano writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Ilocano language. Some languages share common writing systems. Ilokano Braille, Latin script is used by Ilocano language. Learn more about . 

Information about Ilocano language

Check out all the information about Ilocano language here. You may find it interesting to learn Ilocano Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Ilocano Speaking Countries, Ilocano speaking continents and Ilocano Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Ilocano countries knowing common Ilocano Greetings will help you in communicating with Ilocano people.