Countries
Philippines
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Zambia
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Zulu language
Derived From
Island of Cebu
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2131
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1618
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
Moni
Thank You
Salamat
Zikomo
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Palihug
Chonde
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
pepani
Bye
Babay
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
Pepani
Dialect 1
Boholano
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Bohol
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
45
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million12.00 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
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
cebuano
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Cebuano
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Chewa people
Origin
16th century
15th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Chewa
Language Position
6227
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
nya
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
nya
ISO 639 3
ceb
nya
ISO 639 6
ceb
nya
Glottocode
cebu1242
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data Available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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