1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Philippines
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
1.9 Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.10 Derived From
Island of Cebu
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
Maayong Gabii
Urare zvakanaka
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
Mangwanani
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Ndinokuda
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
southern Leyte
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
NA25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
21.00 million8.30 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th century
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Not Available
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data Available
99-AUT-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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