Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Philippines
National Language
Spain
Philippines
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
- 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 Language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
Latin
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Gracias
Salamat
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
Buenas Noches
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
Buenos Días
Maayong Buntag
I Love You
Te Quiero
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Boholano
Where They Speak
Mexico
Bohol
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Cuba
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
North Kana
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Native Name
Español
Visayan
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
espagnol; castillan
cebuano
German Name
Spanisch
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Cebuano people
Origin
210 BC
16th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Standard Cebuano
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
es
No data Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1288
cebu1242
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Spanish 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 Spanish and Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Cebuano language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Spanish vs Cebuano Difficulty
The Spanish vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.