1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Philippines
India, Manipur
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Philippines
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
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
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
1.9 Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
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
Bengali
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
Agyamanak
Yamna nungaijare
3.3 How Are You?
Kumusta?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
3.4 Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
Athengba Ahing
3.5 Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
Not Available
3.6 Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
Nongale haugatl
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ayayatenka
Eina nangbu nungsi
3.12 Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
Not Available
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
21,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Philippines
Bangladesh, India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
41,000.00273,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Not present
Meithei proper
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not present
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,250,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
9.10 million1.50 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
9.10 million1.50 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Meithei people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Standard Meithei
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
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
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available