Countries
Philippines
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Yoruba Academy
  
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.
  
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
e kaaro
  
Please
Palihug
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
binu
  
Bye
Babay
  
bye
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
Not Available
  
Native Name
Visayan
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
cebuano
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
16th century
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Yorùbá
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
yoru1245
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Cebuano and Yoruba Speaking population
Cebuano and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cebuano and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Cebuano and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. 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 Yoruba on Cebuano vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cebuano and Yoruba Language Codes
Cebuano and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cebuano and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.