Countries
Philippines
Myanmar
National Language
Philippines
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Tangut
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Kablaaw
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Agyamanak
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Kumusta?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
mangngegda
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Agpakawanak
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Pakada
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Ayayatenka
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Balangao
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Philippines
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Where They Speak
Philippines
Myanmar
Dialect 3
Not present
Intha
Where They Speak
Not present
Burma
Native Name
ilokano
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
ilocano
birman
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Bamar people
Origin
18th Century
1113 AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
my
Glottocode
ilok1237
sout3159
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating
Ilocano and Burmese 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 Ilocano and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ilocano and Burmese language. Ilocano word for "Hello" is Kablaaw or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Ilocano Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ilocano vs Burmese Difficulty
The Ilocano vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ilocano Alphabets and Burmese 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 Ilocano and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ilocano and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ilocano is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.