Countries
Philippines
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kablaaw
  
hola
  
Thank You
Agyamanak
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
Kumusta?
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
Not available
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Agpakawanak
  
triste
  
Bye
Pakada
  
adiós
  
I Love You
Ayayatenka
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Balangao
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Bontoc
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Native Speakers
9.10 million
  
99+
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
ilokano
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
ilocano
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
18th Century
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
ilo
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ilok1237
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic