Countries
Philippines
  
Thailand
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Thailand
  
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
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
  
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kablaaw
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
Agyamanak
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
Kumusta?
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
Not available
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
Agpakawanak
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
Pakada
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
Ayayatenka
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Balangao
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Bontoc
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
9.10 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
ilokano
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
ilocano
  
thaï
  
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
18th Century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
  
Thai
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
ilo
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ilok1237
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Ilocano and Thai 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 Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ilocano and Thai language. Ilocano word for "Hello" is Kablaaw or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Ilocano Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ilocano vs Thai Difficulty
The Ilocano vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ilocano Alphabets and Thai 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 Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ilocano and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ilocano is Not Available while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.