Countries
Philippines
  
Assam, India
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Assam, India
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Not Available
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
  
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Hoy
  
Not Available
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Not Available
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
Nungni khabora ma?
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
  
Please
Palihug
  
अननानै (Onnanwi)
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Babay
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
  
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Assam, India, Nepal
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
0.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
0.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
Not Available
  
Native Name
Visayan
  
बड़ो (boṛo)
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
  
French Name
cebuano
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[bɔɽo]
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
  
Origin
16th century
  
1913
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Not Available
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
brx
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
bodo1269
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
Not 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 Bodo Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Cebuano and Bodo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Bodo language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Bodo word for "Thank You" is Not Available. Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Bodo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Bodo Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Bodo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano Alphabets and Bodo Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Cebuano and Bodo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Bodo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Bodo time required is Not Available.