Cantonese and Cebuano
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Philippines
National Language
China, Guangdong
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
Not Available
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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How Are You?
你好吗？
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
晚安
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
晚上好
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
下午好
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
早上好
Maayong Buntag
I Love You
我爱你
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Boholano
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Bohol
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
southern Leyte
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
North Kana
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Visayan
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
Not Available
cebuano
German Name
Not Available
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Not Available
Cebuano people
Origin
17th century
16th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data Available
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
ceb
ISO 639 3
No data available
ceb
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
cant1236
cebu1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Cebuano dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Cebuano language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Cebuano Dialects are spoken in different Cebuano speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Cebuano Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Cebuano dialects include: Boholano , Southern Kana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Cebuano Speaking population
Cantonese and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Cebuano on Cantonese vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Cebuano Language Codes
Cantonese and Cebuano language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Cebuano Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.