1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Philippines
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
1.4 Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
1.9 Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Munda Language
1.10 Derived From
Island of Cebu
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Cet’leka menama?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
Boge Setak’
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Not Available
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Not present
4.2.1 Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Not Available
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
21.00 million6.30 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th century
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austroasiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data available
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available