Countries
Philippines
Assam, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Assam, India
Second Language
Philippines
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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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.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Derived From
Island of Cebu
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2145
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
520
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1625
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks34 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
नमस्कार
Thank You
Salamat
धन्यवाद
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
बोडो
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
अन्धानि बार
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
Palihug
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
दु:खित
Bye
Babay
Lwrbw
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
दु:खित
Dialect 1
Boholano
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Bohol
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Assam, India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million0.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million0.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.50 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
French Name
cebuano
bodo
German Name
Cebuano
Bodo
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Origin
16th century
1913
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
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Language Position
6230
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Signed Bodo
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
br
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
brx
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
brx
ISO 639 3
ceb
brx
ISO 639 6
ceb
brx
Glottocode
cebu1242
bodo1269
Linguasphere
No data Available
59-AAB
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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