Countries
Philippines
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Nepal
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
People's Republic of China
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Language Academy of Nepal
  
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.
  
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
  
Hindi
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
Good afternoon
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Please
Palihug
  
कृपया
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Bye
Babay
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Doteli
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Bajhangi
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
India, Nepal
  
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Baitadeli
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Visayan
  
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
French Name
cebuano
  
népalais
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Nepali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Origin
16th century
  
19 BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Nepali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Nepali
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
ne
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
nep
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
nep
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
npi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
nepa1254
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
12
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Cebuano and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Nepali language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Nepali Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.