Countries
Countries
Philippines
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
10
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
India
Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Island of Cebu
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2143
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1634
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Hoy
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
Salamat
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
Palihug
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
Babay
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Boholano
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Bohol
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
India
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
413
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %0.43 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million40.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.50 million38.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
cebuano
bhojpuri
German Name
Cebuano
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Bhojpuri speakers
History
Origin
16th century
19th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Bhojpuri
Language Position
6237
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
bho
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
bho
ISO 639 3
ceb
bho
ISO 639 6
ceb
bho
Glottocode
cebu1242
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data Available
59-AAF-sa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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