Countries
Philippines
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
hej
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
god morgon
  
Please
Palihug
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
ledsen
  
Bye
Babay
  
hej då
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Visayan
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
cebuano
  
suédois
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
16th century
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Standard Swedish
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Cebuano and Swedish 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 Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Swedish language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Swedish Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.