Countries
Nigeria
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Interesting Facts
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
- 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
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
kedụ
  
Hoy
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
Biko
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Babay
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Bohol
  
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
southern Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
igbo
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
igbo
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
Standard Cebuano
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1417
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Igbo 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 Igbo and Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Cebuano language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Igbo vs Cebuano Difficulty
The Igbo vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo 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 Igbo and Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.