Countries
Philippines
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Ethiopia
Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
Island of Cebu
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2133
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1631
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
Selam
Thank You
Salamat
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
i'ndemin adäru
Please
Palihug
i'bakwon
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
aznallehu
Bye
Babay
tschao
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Boholano
Gondar
Where They Speak
Bohol
Gondar
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Gojjami
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Showa
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
45
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.50 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
cebuano
amharique
German Name
Cebuano
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Amharas
Origin
16th century
13th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Amharic
Language Position
6255
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
amh
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
amh
ISO 639 3
ceb
amh
ISO 639 6
ceb
amh
Glottocode
cebu1242
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data Available
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional