Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Hiligaynon Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Island of Cebu
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
Hoy
  
Thank You
grazie
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
Per Favore
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
scusate
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
Babay
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Bohol
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
southern Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
Italiano
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
italien
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
960 BC
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Standard Cebuano
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Italian 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 Italian and Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Cebuano language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Cebuano Difficulty
The Italian vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.