Countries
Philippines
  
India
  
National Language
Philippines
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kablaaw
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
Agyamanak
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
Kumusta?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
Not available
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
Agpakawanak
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
Pakada
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Ayayatenka
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Balangao
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bontoc
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
9.10 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
ilokano
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
  
Not Available
  
French Name
ilocano
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
18th Century
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
  
Sanskrit
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
ilo
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ilok1237
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Ilocano and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ilocano and Sanskrit language. Ilocano word for "Hello" is Kablaaw or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Ilocano Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ilocano vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Ilocano vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ilocano Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ilocano and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ilocano is Not Available while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.