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Urdu vs Ilocano


Ilocano vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
40  
29
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic  
Ilokano Braille, Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  
mangngegda  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
Agpakawanak  

Bye
الوداع  
Pakada  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Ayayatenka  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Maawan-dayawen  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Balangao  

Where They Speak
India  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
21,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Bontoc  

Where They Speak
India  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
12
41,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Not present  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
8,000,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
9.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
9.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
20
11.00 million  
39

Native Name
اُردُو  
ilokano  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Ilokano, Iloko  

French Name
ourdou  
ilocano  

German Name
Urdu  
Ilokano-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[iːloˈkɑno]  

Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people  
Ilocano people  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
18th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Modern Ilocano  

Language Position
20  
18
94  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Ilocano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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
urd  
ilo  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
ilok1237  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
31-CBA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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Urdu and Ilocano Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Ilocano language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Ilocano language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Ilocano Language History.

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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 44 weeks.

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