Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Habari
  
Kablaaw
  
Thank You
Asante
  
Agyamanak
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
Kumusta?
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
Naimbag a rabii
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
Naimbag a sardam
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
Naimbag a malem
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
Naimbag a bigat
  
Please
tafadhali
  
Not available
  
Sorry
pole
  
Agpakawanak
  
Bye
bye
  
Pakada
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
Ayayatenka
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
Maawan-dayawen
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Balangao
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Bontoc
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
9.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
9.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
ilokano
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Ilokano, Iloko
  
French Name
swahili
  
ilocano
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Ilocano people
  
Origin
6th century
  
18th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Modern Ilocano
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
ilok1237
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
31-CBA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Swahili and Ilocano Speaking population
Swahili and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available 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 Swahili and Ilocano on Swahili vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Ilocano Language Codes
Swahili and Ilocano language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Ilocano Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.