Countries
Philippines
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
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.
  
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
  
Tagalog Language
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Spanish Language
  
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
Kumusta
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
Kumusta
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
Magandang hapon
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
Magandang umaga
  
Please
Palihug
  
Mangyaring
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
Babay
  
Paalam
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Mahal kita
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
patawarin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Bikol
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Philippines
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Hiligaynon
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
8,200,000.00
  
11
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Waray
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,600,000.00
  
13
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
90.00 million
  
17
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
45.00 million
  
23
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
Visayan
  
filipino
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Pilipino
  
French Name
cebuano
  
filipino; pilipino
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Pilipino
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16th century
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Filipino
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
No Data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
fil
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
fil
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
fil
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
fili1244
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No Data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Cebuano and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Filipino language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Filipino word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Filipino Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Filipino Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Filipino difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano Alphabets and Filipino 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 Filipino are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Filipino, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Filipino time required is 44 weeks.