Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
Kablaaw
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
Agyamanak
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
Kumusta?
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
Naimbag a rabii
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
Naimbag a sardam
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
Naimbag a malem
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
Naimbag a bigat
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
Not available
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
Agpakawanak
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
Pakada
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
Ayayatenka
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
Maawan-dayawen
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Balangao
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Bontoc
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
9.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
9.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
Not Available
  
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
ilokano
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Ilokano, Iloko
  
French Name
albanais
  
ilocano
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Ilocano people
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
18th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Modern Ilocano
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
ilok1237
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
31-CBA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Albanian and Ilocano Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Albanian and Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Ilocano language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Ilocano Difficulty
The Albanian vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Ilocano Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Albanian and Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.