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Language Comparison: Ilocano vs Kikongo
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| Aspect | Ilocano | Kikongo |
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Family | Austronesian | Niger-Congo, Bantu |
Speakers | Approximately 10 million | Approximately 7 million (including closely related dialects) |
Features | Widely spoken in the northern regions of the Philippines, particularly in the Ilocos Region and parts of the Cordillera Administrative Region | A Bantu language known for its noun class system, agglutinative morphology, and use as a liturgical language in Kimbanguist and Roman Catholic communities. |
Countries | Philippines | Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script |
Tonal | No | Yes, tones are used to distinguish meaning |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses prepositions and verb focus similar to other Philippine languages | No, relies on noun classes and prefixes |
Derived From | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, part of the Austronesian language family | Proto-Bantu |
Loanwords | From Spanish, English, and other Philippine languages | From Portuguese, French, and other neighboring languages |
Dialects | Includes Northern Ilocano (spoken in Ilocos Norte), Southern Ilocano (spoken in Ilocos Sur), and others | Includes Kituba (a simplified creole version), Kongo-Kituba, and regional variations like Laari and Yombe |
Alphabets | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, Ñ, Ng, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z | A, B, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, S, T, U, V, W, Y, Z |
Family
Ilocano
Austronesian
Kikongo
Niger-Congo, Bantu
Speakers
Ilocano
Approximately 10 million
Kikongo
Approximately 7 million (including closely related dialects)
Features
Ilocano
Widely spoken in the northern regions of the Philippines, particularly in the Ilocos Region and parts of the Cordillera Administrative Region
Kikongo
A Bantu language known for its noun class system, agglutinative morphology, and use as a liturgical language in Kimbanguist and Roman Catholic communities.
Countries
Ilocano
Philippines
Kikongo
Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon
Writing System
Ilocano
Latin script
Kikongo
Latin script
Tonal
Ilocano
No
Kikongo
Yes, tones are used to distinguish meaning
Grammatical Cases
Ilocano
No, uses prepositions and verb focus similar to other Philippine languages
Kikongo
No, relies on noun classes and prefixes
Derived From
Ilocano
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, part of the Austronesian language family
Kikongo
Proto-Bantu
Loanwords
Ilocano
From Spanish, English, and other Philippine languages
Kikongo
From Portuguese, French, and other neighboring languages
Dialects
Ilocano
Includes Northern Ilocano (spoken in Ilocos Norte), Southern Ilocano (spoken in Ilocos Sur), and others
Kikongo
Includes Kituba (a simplified creole version), Kongo-Kituba, and regional variations like Laari and Yombe
Alphabets
Ilocano
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, Ñ, Ng, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
Kikongo
A, B, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, S, T, U, V, W, Y, Z
Language Facts:
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