Countries
Philippines
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Philippines
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
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
  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kablaaw
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
Agyamanak
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
Kumusta?
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
  
Egun on
  
Please
Not available
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
Agpakawanak
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
Pakada
  
Agur
  
I Love You
Ayayatenka
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Balangao
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
France
  
Dialect 2
Bontoc
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
9.10 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
ilokano
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
ilocano
  
basque
  
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
  
Basque people
  
Origin
18th Century
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
  
Basque
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
ilo
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ilok1237
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Ilocano and Basque 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 Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ilocano and Basque language. Ilocano word for "Hello" is Kablaaw or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Ilocano Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ilocano vs Basque Difficulty
The Ilocano vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ilocano Alphabets and Basque 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 Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ilocano and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ilocano is Not Available while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.