Countries
Philippines
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
National Language
Philippines
  
East Asia, European Union
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Akademio de Esperanto
  
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.
  
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Dankon
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
Bonan nokton
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
Bonan vesperon
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
Bonan matenon
  
Please
Palihug
  
Mi petas
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Bye
Babay
  
Ĝis poste
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Mi amas vin
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
Pardonu!
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Not present
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Not present
  
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Not present
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
0.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
2.00 million
  
34
Native Name
Visayan
  
Esperanto
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
French Name
cebuano
  
espéranto
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Esperanto
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espeˈranto]
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16th century
  
1887
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Esperanto
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Esperanto
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
eo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
epo
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
epo
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
epo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
espe1235
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
51-AAB-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Constructed
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Cebuano and Esperanto 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 Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Esperanto language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Esperanto Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.