1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Philippines
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Philippines
1.4 Second Language
Philippines
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
1.9 Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
1.10 Derived From
Island of Cebu
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
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks
Rank: 1 (Overall) ▶
3
88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hoy
3.2 Thank You
Salamat
3.3 How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
3.4 Good Night
Maayong Gabii
3.5 Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
3.6 Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
3.7 Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
3.8 Please
Palihug
3.9 Sorry
Ikasubo ko
3.10 Bye
Babay
3.11 I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
3.12 Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Boholano
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bohol
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Southern Kana
4.2.1 Where They Speak
southern Leyte
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
North Kana
4.3.1 Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.32 %
Rank: 38 (Overall) ▶
0.11
89
5.3 Native Speakers
21.00 million
Rank: 36 (Overall) ▶
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
Rank: 19 (Overall) ▶
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
Visayan
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
5.3.4 French Name
cebuano
5.3.5 German Name
Cebuano
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Cebuano people
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th century
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
No data Available
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
ceb
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
ceb
7.3 ISO 639 3
ceb
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
cebu1242
7.6 Linguasphere
No data Available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available