Countries
Philippines
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kablaaw
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
Agyamanak
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
Kumusta?
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
Not available
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
Agpakawanak
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
Pakada
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
Ayayatenka
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Balangao
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Bontoc
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million
  
99+
104.00 million
  
15
Native Speakers
9.10 million
  
99+
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
ilokano
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
  
Bihari
  
French Name
ilocano
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
18th Century
  
12th Century CE
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
ilo
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ilok1237
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Ilocano and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ilocano and Urdu language. Ilocano word for "Hello" is Kablaaw or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Ilocano Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ilocano vs Urdu Difficulty
The Ilocano vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ilocano Alphabets and Urdu 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 Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ilocano and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ilocano is Not Available while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.