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
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
1,200.00 million
  
1
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.