Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Philippines
National Language
Portugal
Philippines
Second Language
United States of America
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Interesting Facts
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
- 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
Spanish and Galician Languages
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
Latin
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
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Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
obrigado
Salamat
How Are You?
Como você está?
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
boa noite
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
boa Noite
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
bom Dia
Maayong Buntag
Sorry
pesaroso
Ikasubo ko
I Love You
Eu te amo
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Boholano
Where They Speak
Brazil
Bohol
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Portugal
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
North Kana
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Native Name
Português
Visayan
Alternative Names
Português
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
portugais
cebuano
German Name
Portugiesisch
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Cebuano people
Origin
3rd Century
16th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Standard Cebuano
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
pt
No data Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
cebu1242
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Cebuano language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Cebuano Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.