Countries
Nigeria
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Interesting Facts
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Igbo-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
kedụ
  
Kablaaw
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
Agyamanak
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Kumusta?
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
Naimbag a rabii
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
Naimbag a sardam
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
Naimbag a malem
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Naimbag a bigat
  
Please
Biko
  
Not available
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
Agpakawanak
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Pakada
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Ayayatenka
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
Maawan-dayawen
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Balangao
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Bontoc
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
9.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
9.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
igbo
  
ilokano
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Ilokano, Iloko
  
French Name
igbo
  
ilocano
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Ilocano people
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
18th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
Modern Ilocano
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1417
  
ilok1237
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
31-CBA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Igbo 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 Igbo and Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Ilocano language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Igbo vs Ilocano Difficulty
The Igbo vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo 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 Igbo and Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.