Countries
Philippines
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Malta
  
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
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-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
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
Agyamanak
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
Kumusta?
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
Not available
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
Agpakawanak
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
Pakada
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
Ayayatenka
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Balangao
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bontoc
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
9.10 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Native Name
ilokano
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
  
Malti
  
French Name
ilocano
  
maltais
  
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
  
Maltese
  
Origin
18th Century
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
  
Maltese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
ilo
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ilok1237
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Ilocano and Maltese 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 Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ilocano and Maltese language. Ilocano word for "Hello" is Kablaaw or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Ilocano Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ilocano vs Maltese Difficulty
The Ilocano vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ilocano Alphabets and Maltese 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 Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ilocano and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ilocano is Not Available while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.