Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
Philippines
  
National Language
East Asia, European Union
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Interesting Facts
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
- 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 in
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Hoy
  
Thank You
Dankon
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
Bonan nokton
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
Bonan vesperon
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
Bonan matenon
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
Mi petas
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
Ĝis poste
  
Babay
  
I Love You
Mi amas vin
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
Pardonu!
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Bohol
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
southern Leyte
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
northern part of Leyte
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
2.20 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.20 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
Esperanto
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
espéranto
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Esperanto
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
1887
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Esperanto
  
Standard Cebuano
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signuno
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eo
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
epo
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
epo
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
epo
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
espe1235
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
51-AAB-da
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Constructed
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Esperanto 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 Esperanto and Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Esperanto and Cebuano language. Esperanto word for "Hello" is Halo or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Esperanto Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Esperanto vs Cebuano Difficulty
The Esperanto vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Esperanto 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 Esperanto and Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Esperanto and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Esperanto is 6 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.