Countries
Philippines
  
Japan
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kablaaw
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
Agyamanak
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
Kumusta?
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
Not available
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
Agpakawanak
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
Pakada
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
Ayayatenka
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Balangao
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Bontoc
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Fukuoka
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
14
Native Speakers
9.10 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
9
Native Name
ilokano
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
  
Not Available
  
French Name
ilocano
  
japonais
  
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
18th Century
  
1185
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
  
Japanese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
ilo
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ilok1237
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Ilocano and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ilocano and Japanese language. Ilocano word for "Hello" is Kablaaw or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Ilocano Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ilocano vs Japanese Difficulty
The Ilocano vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ilocano Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ilocano and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ilocano is Not Available while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.