Countries
Philippines
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
Palihug
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
maaf
  
Bye
Babay
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
Visayan
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
cebuano
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
16th century
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Indonesian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
indo1316
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Cebuano and Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Indonesian language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.