Countries
Philippines
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
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.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
Habari
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
Palihug
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
pole
  
Bye
Babay
  
bye
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Zanzibar island
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Dar es Salaam
  
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
Not Available
  
Native Name
Visayan
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
cebuano
  
swahili
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
16th century
  
6th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Swahili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Cebuano and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Swahili language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Swahili Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.