Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Philippines
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Philippines
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia
Minority Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Commission on the Filipino Language
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
Similar To
Not Available
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Thank you
Agyamanak
How Are You?
How are you?
Kumusta?
Good Night
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
Please
Please
Not available
I Love You
I love you
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
Dialect 1
American English
Balangao
Where They Speak
United States of America
Philippines
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Bontoc
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Philippines
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Not present
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Not present
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
English
ilokano
Alternative Names
Not Available
Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
anglais
ilocano
German Name
Englisch
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Ilocano people
Origin
5th Century AD
18th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Modern Ilocano
Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
en
No data available
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
ilok1237
Linguasphere
52-ABA
31-CBA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Not Available
English 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 English and Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Ilocano language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common English Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Ilocano Difficulty
The English vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.