Countries
Indonesia
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
- 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
Malay language
  
Hiligaynon Language
  
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Island of Cebu
  
Alphabets in
Indonesian-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
Terima kasih
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
mohon Untuk
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
maaf
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Babay
  
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
Permisi
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Sundanese
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Bohol
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Balinese
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
southern Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million
  
4
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
indonésien
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Indonesians
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
7th Century
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Malay
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Indonesian
  
Standard Cebuano
  
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
id
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ind
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
ind
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
ind
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
indo1316
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Cebuano language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs Cebuano Difficulty
The Indonesian vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.