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Cebuano and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
1   
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Philippines   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Philippines   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Latin   
Island of Cebu   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
3 weeks   
1

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Hoy   

Thank You
Thank you   
Salamat   

How Are You?
How are you?   
Kumusta man ka?   

Good Night
Good Night   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
Maayong Hapon   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
Maayong Buntag   

Please
Please   
Palihug   

Sorry
Sorry   
Ikasubo ko   

Bye
Bye   
Babay   

I Love You
I love you   
Gihigugma ko ikaw   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
Ekskyus mi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Boholano   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Bohol   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Southern Kana   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
southern Leyte   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
North Kana   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
northern part of Leyte   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
Not Available   

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
14.50 million   
19

Native Name
English   
Visayan   

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

French Name
anglais   
cebuano   

German Name
Englisch   
Cebuano   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Cebuano people   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
16th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Standard Cebuano   

Language Position
3   
3
62   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
ceb   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
ceb   

ISO 639 3
eng   
ceb   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
cebu1242   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All English 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 English and Cebuano dialects. Various dialects of English and Cebuano language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Cebuano Dialects are spoken in different Cebuano speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Cebuano Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Cebuano dialects include: Boholano , Southern Kana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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English and Cebuano Speaking population

English and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of English and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Cebuano on English vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Cebuano Language Codes

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

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