1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Philippines
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Philippines
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
1.9 Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Island of Cebu
Arabic Language
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
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
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?
Habari gani?
3.4 Good Night
Maayong Gabii
Usiku mwema
3.5 Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
Habari za jioni
3.6 Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
nzuri Alasiri
3.7 Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
Habari za asubuhi
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
nakupenda
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
4.2.1 Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Dar es Salaam
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Kilwa
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
NA150.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
21.00 million15.00 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
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Swahili people or Waswahili
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
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
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
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
99-AUS-m
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available