Countries
Indonesia
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
  
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Halo
  
Kablaaw
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
Agyamanak
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
Kumusta?
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
Naimbag a rabii
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
Naimbag a sardam
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
Naimbag a malem
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
Naimbag a bigat
  
Please
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Agpakawanak
  
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
  
Pakada
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Ayayatenka
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
Maawan-dayawen
  
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
  
Balangao
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Cirebon
  
Bontoc
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arekan
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak?
82.00 million
  
19
9.10 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
9.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
basa Jawa
  
ilokano
  
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
  
Ilokano, Iloko
  
French Name
javanais
  
ilocano
  
German Name
Javanisch
  
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
  
Ilocano people
  
Origin
450 AD
  
18th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Javanese
  
Modern Ilocano
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
jv
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jav
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 2/B
jav
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 3
jav
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
java1253
  
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
  
Javanese 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 Javanese and Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Javanese and Ilocano language. Javanese word for "Hello" is Halo or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Javanese Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Javanese vs Ilocano Difficulty
The Javanese vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese 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 Javanese and Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.