Nepali and Ilocano
Countries
India, Nepal
Philippines
National Language
Nepal
Philippines
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Commission on the Filipino Language
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
Similar To
Hindi
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Kablaaw
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Agyamanak
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Kumusta?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Naimbag a bigat
Please
कृपया
Not available
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Agpakawanak
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Pakada
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Maawan-dayawen
Dialect 1
Doteli
Balangao
Where They Speak
Nepal
Philippines
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Bontoc
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Not present
Where They Speak
Nepal
Not present
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
ilokano
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
népalais
ilocano
German Name
Nepali
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Ilocano people
Origin
19 BC
18th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Modern Ilocano
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ne
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
ilok1237
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
All Nepali and Ilocano Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Nepali and Ilocano dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Ilocano language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Ilocano Dialects are spoken in different Ilocano speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Ilocano Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Ilocano dialects include: Balangao , Bontoc. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Ilocano Speaking population
Nepali and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 %. 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 Nepali and Ilocano on Nepali vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Ilocano Language Codes
Nepali and Ilocano language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Ilocano Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
