Countries
Philippines
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Philippines
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Agyamanak
obrigado
How Are You?
Kumusta?
Como você está?
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
boa noite
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
bom Dia
Please
Not available
Por Favor
Sorry
Agpakawanak
pesaroso
I Love You
Ayayatenka
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Balangao
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Philippines
Brazil
Dialect 2
Bontoc
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Philippines
Portugal
Dialect 3
Not present
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Not present
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ilokano
Português
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Português
French Name
ilocano
portugais
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
18th Century
3rd Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
pt
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
ilok1237
port1283
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Ilocano and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ilocano and Portuguese language. Ilocano word for "Hello" is Kablaaw or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Ilocano Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ilocano vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Ilocano vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ilocano Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ilocano and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ilocano is Not Available while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.