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
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Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Dialect 3
North Kana
Limburgian
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
cebu1242
mode1257
Linguasphere
No data Available
52-ACB-a
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.