Countries
Philippines
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
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.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
Palihug
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
Babay
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
India
  
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
104.00 million
  
15
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
Visayan
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Bihari
  
French Name
cebuano
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16th century
  
12th Century CE
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Cebuano and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Urdu language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Urdu Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano Alphabets and Urdu 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 Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.