Countries
Philippines
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Interesting Facts
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
Kablaaw
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
Agyamanak
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
Kumusta?
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
Naimbag a rabii
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
Naimbag a sardam
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
Naimbag a malem
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
Naimbag a bigat
  
Please
pakiusap
  
Not available
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
Agpakawanak
  
Bye
Paálam
  
Pakada
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
Ayayatenka
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Maawan-dayawen
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Balangao
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Bontoc
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
9.10 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
9.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
Tagalog
  
ilokano
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Ilokano, Iloko
  
French Name
tagalog
  
ilocano
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Ilocano people
  
Origin
1593
  
18th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Modern Ilocano
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
ilok1237
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
31-CBA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Ilocano language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Ilocano Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.