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English vs Cebuano


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
33   
2

National Language
Philippines   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Philippines   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Hiligaynon Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Island of Cebu   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200   
English-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
21   
3
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
16   
6
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks   
1
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Hoy   
Hello   

Thank You
Salamat   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?   
How are you?   

Good Night
Maayong Gabii   
Good Night   

Good Evening
Maayong Gabii   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
Maayong Buntag   
Good Morning   

Please
Palihug   
Please   

Sorry
Ikasubo ko   
Sorry   

Bye
Babay   
Bye   

I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Boholano   
American English   

Where They Speak
Bohol   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Southern Kana   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
southern Leyte   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
North Kana   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available   
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
14.50 million   
19
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
Visayan   
English   

Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan   
Not Available   

French Name
cebuano   
anglais   

German Name
Cebuano   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Cebuano people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
16th century   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano   
Standard English   

Language Position
62   
99+
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ceb   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
ceb   
eng   

ISO 639 3
ceb   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
cebu1242   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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Cebuano and English Language History

Comparison of Cebuano vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Cebuano and English language. History of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th century whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Cebuano and English Language History.

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Cebuano and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and English language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Cebuano vs English Difficulty

The Cebuano vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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