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Cebuano and Chinese


Chinese and Cebuano


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Philippines  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Philippines  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

Interesting Facts
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Hiligaynon Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Island of Cebu  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Chinese.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
24  
19

How Many Consonants
16  
6
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks  
1
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Hoy  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Salamat  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
Maayong Gabii  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Maayong Gabii  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Maayong Buntag  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
Palihug  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
Ikasubo ko  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Babay  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Boholano  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Bohol  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Southern Kana  
Wu  

Where They Speak
southern Leyte  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
North Kana  
Yue  

Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available  
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
38
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
14.50 million  
19
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Visayan  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  
Not Available  

French Name
cebuano  
chinois  

German Name
Cebuano  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Cebuano people  
Han  

History

Origin
16th century  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
62  
99+
1  
1

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ceb  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
ceb  
chi  

ISO 639 3
ceb  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
cebu1242  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Cebuano and Chinese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Cebuano and Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Cebuano and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cebuano are spoken in different Cebuano Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cebuano vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cebuano dialects include: Boholano, Southern Kana. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Cebuano and Chinese Speaking population

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Cebuano and Chinese Language Codes

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