Countries
Indonesia
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
Similar To
Malay language
  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Halo
  
Kablaaw
  
Thank You
Terima kasih
  
Agyamanak
  
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
  
Kumusta?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
Naimbag a rabii
  
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
  
Naimbag a sardam
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
  
Naimbag a malem
  
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
  
Naimbag a bigat
  
Please
mohon Untuk
  
Not available
  
Sorry
maaf
  
Agpakawanak
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Pakada
  
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
  
Ayayatenka
  
Excuse Me
Permisi
  
Maawan-dayawen
  
Dialect 1
Sundanese
  
Balangao
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Balinese
  
Bontoc
  
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
9.10 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
9.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million
  
4
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
  
ilokano
  
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Ilokano, Iloko
  
French Name
indonésien
  
ilocano
  
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Indonesians
  
Ilocano people
  
Origin
7th Century
  
18th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Malay
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Indonesian
  
Modern Ilocano
  
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
id
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ind
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 2/B
ind
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 3
ind
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
indo1316
  
ilok1237
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
31-CBA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Indonesian and Ilocano 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 Indonesian and Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Ilocano language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs Ilocano Difficulty
The Indonesian vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and Ilocano 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 Indonesian and Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.