Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Philippines
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Philippines
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Commission on the Filipino Language
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
grazie
Agyamanak
How Are You?
Come stai?
Kumusta?
Good Night
buonanotte
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
buonasera
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
buongiorno
Naimbag a bigat
Please
Per Favore
mangngegda
Sorry
scusate
Agpakawanak
I Love You
Ti amo
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
Scusami
Maawan-dayawen
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Balangao
Where They Speak
Lazio
Philippines
Dialect 2
Central Italian
Bontoc
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Philippines
Dialect 3
Tuscan
Not present
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Not present
Native Name
Italiano
ilokano
Alternative Names
Italiano
Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
italien
ilocano
German Name
Italienisch
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
[iːloˈkɑno]
Ethnicity
Italians
Ilocano people
Origin
960 BC
18th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Italian
Modern Ilocano
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Ilocano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
it
No data available
Glottocode
ital1282
ilok1237
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
31-CBA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
-
Italian 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 Italian and Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Ilocano language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Ilocano Difficulty
The Italian vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is 44 weeks.