Cebuano and Cantonese
Countries
Philippines
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Philippines
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hawaii
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Island of Cebu
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Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
你好吗？
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
晚安
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
下午好
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
早上好
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
我爱你
Dialect 1
Boholano
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Bohol
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Xiguan
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
North Kana
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Hong Kong
Native Name
Visayan
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
cebuano
cantonais
German Name
Cebuano
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Han Chinese
Origin
16th century
17th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Signed Cantonese
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data available
ISO 639 3
ceb
No data available
Glottocode
cebu1242
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Cebuano and Cantonese 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 Cebuano and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Cebuano and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cebuano are spoken in different Cebuano Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cebuano vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cebuano dialects include: Boholano, Southern Kana. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cebuano and Cantonese Speaking population
Cebuano and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cebuano and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Cebuano and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cebuano and Cantonese on Cebuano vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cebuano and Cantonese Language Codes
Cebuano and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cebuano and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.