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Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Germany  
Philippines  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Hiligaynon Language  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Island of Cebu  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
9  
1
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Hoy  

Thank You
Danke  
Salamat  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Kumusta man ka?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
Maayong Hapon  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
Maayong Buntag  

Please
bitte  
Palihug  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
Ikasubo ko  

Bye
Tschüs  
Babay  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Gihigugma ko ikaw  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Ekskyus mi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Boholano  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Bohol  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
Germany  
southern Leyte  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Texas German  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
Texas  
northern part of Leyte  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
Not Available  

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
14.50 million  
19

Native Name
Deutsch  
Visayan  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  

French Name
allemand  
cebuano  

German Name
Deutsch  
Cebuano  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Cebuano people  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
16th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Standard Cebuano  

Language Position
9  
9
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
ceb  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
ceb  

ISO 639 3
deu  
ceb  

ISO 639 6
deus  
Not Available  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
cebu1242  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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German and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of German vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of German and Cebuano language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on German and Cebuano Language History.

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German 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 German and Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Cebuano language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common German Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

German vs Cebuano Difficulty

The German vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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