Countries
Philippines
  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
  
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
Palihug
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
Babay
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Kangean
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Bawean
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Bangkalan
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
Not Available
  
Native Name
Visayan
  
Madurese
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
French Name
cebuano
  
madourais
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Maduresisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Madurese
  
Origin
16th century
  
Not Available
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Madurese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
mad
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
mad
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
mad
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
madu1247
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Cebuano and Madurese Speaking population
Cebuano and Madurese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cebuano and Madurese languages can be compared. The total count of Cebuano and Madurese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Cebuano and Madurese on Cebuano vs Madurese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cebuano and Madurese Language Codes
Cebuano and Madurese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cebuano and Madurese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.