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Cebuano and Portuguese


Portuguese and Cebuano


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
10   
6

National Language
Philippines   
Portugal   

Second Language
Philippines   
United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   

Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Hiligaynon Language   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Island of Cebu   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
16   
6
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks   
1
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Hoy   
Olá   

Thank You
Salamat   
obrigado   

How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?   
Como você está?   

Good Night
Maayong Gabii   
boa noite   

Good Evening
Maayong Gabii   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
Maayong Buntag   
bom Dia   

Please
Palihug   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Ikasubo ko   
pesaroso   

Bye
Babay   
tchau   

I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Boholano   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Bohol   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Southern Kana   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
southern Leyte   
Portugal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
North Kana   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available   
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
14.50 million   
19
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Visayan   
Português   

Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan   
Português   

French Name
cebuano   
portugais   

German Name
Cebuano   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Cebuano people   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
16th century   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano   
Portuguese   

Language Position
62   
99+
6   
6

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ceb   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
ceb   
por   

ISO 639 3
ceb   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cebu1242   
port1283   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Cebuano and Portuguese 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 Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Cebuano and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cebuano are spoken in different Cebuano Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cebuano vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cebuano dialects include: Boholano, Southern Kana. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Cebuano and Portuguese Speaking population

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Cebuano and Portuguese Language Codes

Cebuano and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cebuano and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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