Countries
Philippines
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Philippines
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Not Available
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Agyamanak
Thank you
How Are You?
Kumusta?
How are you?
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
Good Night
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
Good Morning
Please
Not available
Please
I Love You
Ayayatenka
I love you
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Balangao
American English
Where They Speak
Philippines
United States of America
Dialect 2
Bontoc
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Philippines
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Not present
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Not present
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ilokano
English
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Not Available
French Name
ilocano
anglais
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Not Available
Origin
18th Century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Standard English
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
en
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
ilok1237
stan1293
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Ilocano and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ilocano and English language. Ilocano word for "Hello" is Kablaaw or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Ilocano Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ilocano vs English Difficulty
The Ilocano vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ilocano Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ilocano and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ilocano is Not Available while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.