Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
Philippines
  
National Language
East Asia, European Union
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto
  
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Interesting Facts
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
Similar To
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Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Esperanto-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
Halo
  
Kablaaw
  
Thank You
Dankon
  
Agyamanak
  
How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Kumusta?
  
Good Night
Bonan nokton
  
Naimbag a rabii
  
Good Evening
Bonan vesperon
  
Naimbag a sardam
  
Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Naimbag a malem
  
Good Morning
Bonan matenon
  
Naimbag a bigat
  
Please
Mi petas
  
Not available
  
Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Agpakawanak
  
Bye
Ĝis poste
  
Pakada
  
I Love You
Mi amas vin
  
Ayayatenka
  
Excuse Me
Pardonu!
  
Maawan-dayawen
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Balangao
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Bontoc
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Not present
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
2.20 million
  
99+
9.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.20 million
  
99+
9.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
Not Available
  
Native Name
Esperanto
  
ilokano
  
Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
Ilokano, Iloko
  
French Name
espéranto
  
ilocano
  
German Name
Esperanto
  
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Ilocano people
  
Origin
1887
  
18th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
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Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Esperanto
  
Modern Ilocano
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signuno
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eo
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
epo
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 2/B
epo
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 3
epo
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
espe1235
  
ilok1237
  
Linguasphere
51-AAB-da
  
31-CBA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Constructed
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Esperanto 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 Esperanto and Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Esperanto and Ilocano language. Esperanto word for "Hello" is Halo or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Esperanto Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Esperanto vs Ilocano Difficulty
The Esperanto vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Esperanto 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 Esperanto and Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Esperanto and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Esperanto is 6 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.