Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ciao
  
Kablaaw
  
Thank You
grazie
  
Agyamanak
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
Kumusta?
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
Naimbag a rabii
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
Naimbag a sardam
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
Naimbag a malem
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
Naimbag a bigat
  
Please
Per Favore
  
Not available
  
Sorry
scusate
  
Agpakawanak
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
Pakada
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
Ayayatenka
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
Maawan-dayawen
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Balangao
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Bontoc
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
9.10 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
9.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
Not Available
  
Native Name
Italiano
  
ilokano
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Ilokano, Iloko
  
French Name
italien
  
ilocano
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Ilocano people
  
Origin
960 BC
  
18th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Modern Ilocano
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
ilok1237
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
31-CBA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Italian 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 Italian and Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Ilocano language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Ilocano Difficulty
The Italian vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.