Countries
Philippines
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
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.
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
hola
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
Palihug
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
triste
  
Bye
Babay
  
adiós
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
489.00 million
  
3
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
Visayan
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
cebuano
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16th century
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic