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Malaysian vs Ilocano


Ilocano vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Malaysia  
Philippines  

Second Language
Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
Commission on the Filipino Language  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Ilokano Braille, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
Kablaaw  

Thank You
terima kasih  
Agyamanak  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
Kumusta?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
Naimbag a rabii  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
Naimbag a sardam  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
Naimbag a malem  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
Naimbag a bigat  

Please
sila  
mangngegda  

Sorry
maaf  
Agpakawanak  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Pakada  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
Ayayatenka  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
Maawan-dayawen  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Balangao  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
21,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Bontoc  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
41,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Musi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
8,000,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
9.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
9.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
11.00 million  
39

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
ilokano  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia  
Ilokano, Iloko  

French Name
malais  
ilocano  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Ilokano-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
[iːloˈkɑno]  

Ethnicity
Malaysian people  
Ilocano people  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
18th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Modern Ilocano  

Language Position
54  
99+
94  
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Ilocano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
ilo  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
ilo  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
ilo  

ISO 639 6
may  
ilo  

Glottocode
stan1306  
ilok1237  

Linguasphere
No data available  
31-CBA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Malaysian and Ilocano Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Ilocano language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Ilocano language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD 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 Malaysian and Ilocano Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Ilocano Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is 44 weeks.

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