Countries
Philippines
  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
National Language
Philippines
  
China, Taiwan
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
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.
  
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
Please
Palihug
  
请 (Qǐng)
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
Bye
Babay
  
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Mandarin
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
960,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Wu
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
China, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
80,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Yue
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
60,000,000.00
  
2
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
1,051.00 million
  
2
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
873.00 million
  
1
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
178.00 million
  
3
Native Name
Visayan
  
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Not Available
  
French Name
cebuano
  
chinois
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Chinesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Han
  
Origin
16th century
  
1250 BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Standard Chinese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
zh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
zho
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
chi
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
zho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
sini1245
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
79-AAA
  
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 Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Chinese language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Chinese Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.