Countries
Philippines
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
National Language
Philippines
  
East Asia, European Union
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Akademio de Esperanto
  
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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Esperanto-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
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Agyamanak
  
Dankon
  
How Are You?
Kumusta?
  
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
  
Bonan nokton
  
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
  
Bonan vesperon
  
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
  
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
  
Bonan matenon
  
Please
Not available
  
Mi petas
  
Sorry
Agpakawanak
  
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Bye
Pakada
  
Ĝis poste
  
I Love You
Ayayatenka
  
Mi amas vin
  
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
  
Pardonu!
  
Dialect 1
Balangao
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bontoc
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Not present
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million
  
99+
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
9.10 million
  
99+
0.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.00 million
  
34
Native Name
ilokano
  
Esperanto
  
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
French Name
ilocano
  
espéranto
  
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Esperanto
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espeˈranto]
  
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
18th Century
  
1887
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
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Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Esperanto
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
  
Esperanto
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
eo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
  
epo
  
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
  
epo
  
ISO 639 3
ilo
  
epo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ilok1237
  
espe1235
  
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
  
51-AAB-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Constructed
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Ilocano and Esperanto 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 Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ilocano and Esperanto language. Ilocano word for "Hello" is Kablaaw or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common Ilocano Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ilocano vs Esperanto Difficulty
The Ilocano vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ilocano Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ilocano and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ilocano is Not Available while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.