Countries
Philippines
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Yoruba Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.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
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
Agyamanak
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
Kumusta?
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
  
e kaaro
  
Please
Not available
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
Agpakawanak
  
binu
  
Bye
Pakada
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ayayatenka
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Balangao
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Nigeria
  
Dialect 2
Bontoc
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Benin, Togo
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
9.10 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Native Name
ilokano
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
ilocano
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
18th Century
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
  
Yorùbá
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
ilo
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ilok1237
  
yoru1245
  
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Ilocano and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ilocano and Yoruba language. Ilocano word for "Hello" is Kablaaw or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Ilocano Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ilocano vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Ilocano vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ilocano Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ilocano and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ilocano is Not Available while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.