Countries
Philippines
  
Myanmar
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Myanmar
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Mon
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Myanmar Language Commission
  
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.
  
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Pali Language
  
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Please
Palihug
  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Bye
Babay
  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Arakanese
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Tavoyan
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
43.00 million
  
30
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
Visayan
  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
French Name
cebuano
  
birman
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Birmanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Bamar people
  
Origin
16th century
  
1113 AD
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Modern Burmese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
my
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
mya
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
bur
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
mya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
sout3159
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Cebuano and Burmese 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 Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Burmese language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Burmese Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano Alphabets and Burmese 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 Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.