Countries
Philippines
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
Philippines
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Island of Cebu
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Hoy
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Salamat
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Palihug
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Where They Speak
Bohol
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
North Kana
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Visayan
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
cebuano
coréen
German Name
Cebuano
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Koreans
Origin
16th century
Before 1st century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Signed Forms
Not Available
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ko
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
cebu1242
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data Available
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
Cebuano and Korean 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 Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Korean language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Korean Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.