Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Austria
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Interesting Facts
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th 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
Serbain and Bosnian
  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Derived From
Church Slavonic
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Croatian-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
bok
  
Kablaaw
  
Thank You
hvala
  
Agyamanak
  
How Are You?
kako si
  
Kumusta?
  
Good Night
laku noć
  
Naimbag a rabii
  
Good Evening
dobra večer
  
Naimbag a sardam
  
Good Afternoon
dobar dan
  
Naimbag a malem
  
Good Morning
dobro jutro
  
Naimbag a bigat
  
Please
molim
  
Not available
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
Agpakawanak
  
Bye
Doviđenja
  
Pakada
  
I Love You
Volim te
  
Ayayatenka
  
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
  
Maawan-dayawen
  
Dialect 1
Chakavian
  
Balangao
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Philippines
  
Dialect 2
Chakavian
  
Bontoc
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
89.00 million
  
18
9.10 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
5.60 million
  
99+
9.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
1.25 million
  
36
Not Available
  
Native Name
hrvatski
  
ilokano
  
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
  
Ilokano, Iloko
  
French Name
croate
  
ilocano
  
German Name
Kroatisch
  
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Croats
  
Ilocano people
  
Origin
9th century
  
18th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Modern Ilocano
  
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hr
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hrv
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 2/B
hrv
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 3
hrv
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
croa1245
  
ilok1237
  
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
  
31-CBA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Croatian 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 Croatian and Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Ilocano language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Croatian vs Ilocano Difficulty
The Croatian vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian 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 Croatian and Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.