Countries
Philippines
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kablaaw
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
Agyamanak
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Kumusta?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
Not available
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
Agpakawanak
  
Me fal
  
Bye
Pakada
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Ayayatenka
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Balangao
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Bontoc
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million
  
99+
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
9.10 million
  
99+
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
ilokano
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
  
Not Available
  
French Name
ilocano
  
albanais
  
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
  
Albanians
  
Origin
18th Century
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
ilo
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ilok1237
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Ilocano and Albanian 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 Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ilocano and Albanian language. Ilocano word for "Hello" is Kablaaw or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Ilocano Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ilocano vs Albanian Difficulty
The Ilocano vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ilocano Alphabets and Albanian 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 Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ilocano and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ilocano is Not Available while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.