Countries
Philippines
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Equatorial Guinea
  
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
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 Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Igbo-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
  
kedụ
  
Thank You
Agyamanak
  
dalụ
  
How Are You?
Kumusta?
  
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
  
ka chi fo
  
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
  
mgbede ọma
  
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
  
ehihie ọma
  
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
  
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Please
Not available
  
Biko
  
Sorry
Agpakawanak
  
Ndo
  
Bye
Pakada
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Ayayatenka
  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
  
ngọpụ
  
Dialect 1
Balangao
  
Enuani
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bontoc
  
Ngwa
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
9.10 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
ilokano
  
igbo
  
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
  
Ibo
  
French Name
ilocano
  
igbo
  
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Ibo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
  
Igbo people
  
Origin
18th Century
  
30th Century BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
  
Standard Igbo
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ig
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 3
ilo
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ilok1237
  
nucl1417
  
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Ilocano and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ilocano and Igbo language. Ilocano word for "Hello" is Kablaaw or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common Ilocano Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ilocano vs Igbo Difficulty
The Ilocano vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ilocano Alphabets and Igbo 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 Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ilocano and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ilocano is Not Available while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.