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Malaysian and Cebuano


Cebuano and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Malaysia   
Philippines   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Philippines   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language   
Hiligaynon Language   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Island of Cebu   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
3 weeks   
1

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
Hoy   

Thank You
terima kasih   
Salamat   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
Kumusta man ka?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
Maayong Hapon   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
Maayong Buntag   

Please
sila   
Palihug   

Sorry
maaf   
Ikasubo ko   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
Babay   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
Gihigugma ko ikaw   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
Ekskyus mi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Boholano   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Bohol   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Southern Kana   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
southern Leyte   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Musi   
North Kana   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
northern part of Leyte   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
Not Available   

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
14.50 million   
19

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
Visayan   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan   

French Name
malais   
cebuano   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Cebuano   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Cebuano people   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
16th century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Standard Cebuano   

Language Position
54   
39
62   
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
ceb   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
ceb   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
ceb   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
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   

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All Malaysian and Cebuano Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Malaysian and Cebuano dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Cebuano language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Cebuano Dialects are spoken in different Cebuano speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Cebuano Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Cebuano dialects include: Boholano , Southern Kana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malaysian and Cebuano Speaking population

Malaysian and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malaysian and Cebuano on Malaysian vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Cebuano Language Codes

Malaysian and Cebuano language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Cebuano Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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