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
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
I Love You
I love you
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
American English
Boholano
Where They Speak
United States of America
Bohol
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
North Kana
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
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
Origin
5th Century AD
16th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Standard Cebuano
Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
en
No data Available
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
cebu1242
Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English and Cebuano 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 English and Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Cebuano language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common English Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Cebuano Difficulty
The English vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Cebuano 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 English and Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.