Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Pakistan
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
خوش آمديد
  
Kablaaw
  
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
  
Agyamanak
  
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Kumusta?
  
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
  
Naimbag a rabii
  
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
  
Naimbag a sardam
  
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Naimbag a malem
  
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
  
Naimbag a bigat
  
Please
براہ مہربانی
  
Not available
  
Sorry
معاف کرنا
  
Agpakawanak
  
Bye
الوداع
  
Pakada
  
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Ayayatenka
  
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Maawan-dayawen
  
Dialect 1
Dakhini
  
Balangao
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Bontoc
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
9.10 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
61.00 million
  
19
9.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million
  
14
Not Available
  
Native Name
اُردُو
  
ilokano
  
Alternative Names
Bihari
  
Ilokano, Iloko
  
French Name
ourdou
  
ilocano
  
German Name
Urdu
  
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Ilocano people
  
Origin
12th Century CE
  
18th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Modern Ilocano
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ur
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
urd
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 2/B
urd
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 3
urd
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
urdu1245
  
ilok1237
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
  
31-CBA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Urdu 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 Urdu and Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Ilocano language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Urdu vs Ilocano Difficulty
The Urdu vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu 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 Urdu and Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.