Countries
Philippines
  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Austria
  
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
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
  
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Serbain and Bosnian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Church Slavonic
  
Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Croatian-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
  
bok
  
Thank You
Agyamanak
  
hvala
  
How Are You?
Kumusta?
  
kako si
  
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
  
laku noć
  
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
  
dobra večer
  
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
  
dobar dan
  
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
  
dobro jutro
  
Please
Not available
  
molim
  
Sorry
Agpakawanak
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
Pakada
  
Doviđenja
  
I Love You
Ayayatenka
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
  
Ispričavam se
  
Dialect 1
Balangao
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Croatia
  
Dialect 2
Bontoc
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
13,000,000.00
  
5
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million
  
99+
89.00 million
  
18
Native Speakers
9.10 million
  
99+
5.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.25 million
  
36
Native Name
ilokano
  
hrvatski
  
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
  
Hrvatski
  
French Name
ilocano
  
croate
  
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Kroatisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
  
Croats
  
Origin
18th Century
  
9th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Croatian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
hr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 3
ilo
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ilok1237
  
croa1245
  
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Ilocano and Croatian 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 Croatian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ilocano and Croatian language. Ilocano word for "Hello" is Kablaaw or Croatian word for "Thank You" is hvala. Find more of such common Ilocano Greetings and Croatian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ilocano vs Croatian Difficulty
The Ilocano vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ilocano Alphabets and Croatian 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 Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ilocano and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ilocano is Not Available while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.