Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Malaysia
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Thailand
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
Similar To
Indonesian Language
  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-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
Hai
  
Kablaaw
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
Agyamanak
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
Kumusta?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
Naimbag a rabii
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
Naimbag a sardam
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
Naimbag a malem
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
Naimbag a bigat
  
Please
sila
  
Not available
  
Sorry
maaf
  
Agpakawanak
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Pakada
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
Ayayatenka
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
Maawan-dayawen
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Balangao
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
Bontoc
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Philippines
  
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
9.10 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
9.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
ilokano
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Ilokano, Iloko
  
French Name
malais
  
ilocano
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Ilocano people
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
18th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Modern Ilocano
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
ilok1237
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
31-CBA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Ilocano language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malaysian vs Ilocano Difficulty
The Malaysian vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.