Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
Philippines
  
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 in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
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
  
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Cebuano language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malaysian vs Cebuano Difficulty
The Malaysian vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.