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Chinese and Cebuano


Cebuano and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Philippines   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Philippines   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Hiligaynon Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Island of Cebu   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200   
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
16   
6

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
3 weeks   
1

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Hoy   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
Salamat   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Kumusta man ka?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Maayong Hapon   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Maayong Buntag   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
Palihug   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
Ikasubo ko   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
Babay   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Gihigugma ko ikaw   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Ekskyus mi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Boholano   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Bohol   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Wu   
Southern Kana   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
southern Leyte   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
North Kana   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
northern part of Leyte   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
Not Available   

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
14.50 million   
19

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Visayan   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan   

French Name
chinois   
cebuano   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Cebuano   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Han   
Cebuano people   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
16th century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Standard Cebuano   

Language Position
1   
1
62   
99+

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
ceb   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
ceb   

ISO 639 3
zho   
ceb   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
cebu1242   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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All Chinese and Cebuano Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Cebuano dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Cebuano language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Cebuano Dialects are spoken in different Cebuano speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Cebuano Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Cebuano dialects include: Boholano , Southern Kana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Cebuano Speaking population

Chinese and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Cebuano on Chinese vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Cebuano Language Codes

Chinese and Cebuano language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Cebuano Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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