Countries
Philippines
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Abkhazia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Caucasian languages
  
Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kablaaw
  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Thank You
Agyamanak
  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
How Are You?
Kumusta?
  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Please
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Agpakawanak
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Pakada
  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
I Love You
Ayayatenka
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Balangao
  
Bzyb
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Abkhazia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bontoc
  
Abzhywa
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Caucasus
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Sadz
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Turkey
  
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
9.10 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Native Name
ilokano
  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
  
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
French Name
ilocano
  
abkhaze
  
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Abchasisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
  
Abkhaz people
  
Origin
18th Century
  
c. 1650
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Northwest Caucasian
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
  
Abkhaz
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ab
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
  
abk
  
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
  
abk
  
ISO 639 3
ilo
  
abk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
abks
  
Glottocode
ilok1237
  
abkh1244
  
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Ilocano and Abkhaz 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 Ilocano and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ilocano and Abkhaz language. Ilocano word for "Hello" is Kablaaw or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Ilocano Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ilocano vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Ilocano vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ilocano Alphabets and Abkhaz 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 Ilocano and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ilocano and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ilocano is Not Available while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.