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Croatian vs Ilocano


Ilocano vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
1  
14

National Language
Austria  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Commission on the Filipino Language  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Ilokano Braille, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
bok  
Kablaaw  

Thank You
hvala  
Agyamanak  

How Are You?
kako si  
Kumusta?  

Good Night
laku noć  
Naimbag a rabii  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
Naimbag a sardam  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
Naimbag a malem  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
Naimbag a bigat  

Please
molim  
mangngegda  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Agpakawanak  

Bye
Doviđenja  
Pakada  

I Love You
Volim te  
Ayayatenka  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Maawan-dayawen  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Balangao  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
21,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Bontoc  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
41,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
8,000,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
9.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
9.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
11.00 million  
39

Native Name
hrvatski  
ilokano  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Ilokano, Iloko  

French Name
croate  
ilocano  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Ilokano-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[iːloˈkɑno]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Ilocano people  

History

Origin
9th century  
18th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Modern Ilocano  

Language Position
23  
21
94  
99+

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Ilocano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
ilo  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
ilo  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
ilo  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
ilo  

Glottocode
croa1245  
ilok1237  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
31-CBA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Croatian and Ilocano Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Ilocano language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Ilocano language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Ilocano language states that this language originated in 18th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Croatian and Ilocano Language History.

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Croatian 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 Croatian and Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Ilocano language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Croatian vs Ilocano Difficulty

The Croatian vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian 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 Croatian and Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is 44 weeks.

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