Countries
Philippines
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
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.
  
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
  
German and English Languages
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
dankjewel
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
goede Nacht
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
goedenavond
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
goedemiddag
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
goedemorgen
  
Please
Palihug
  
alsjeblieft
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
sorry
  
Bye
Babay
  
vaarwel
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Ik hou van jou
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
pardon
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
22.00 million
  
35
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
6.00 million
  
25
Native Name
Visayan
  
Nederlands
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Hollands, Nederlands
  
French Name
cebuano
  
néerlandais; flamand
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Niederländisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Dutch people
  
Origin
16th century
  
AD 450-500
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Standard Dutch
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
nl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
nld
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
dut
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
nld
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
mode1257
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
52-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Cebuano and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Dutch language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Dutch Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.