Countries
Philippines
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Philippines
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
Island of Cebu
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2126
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
524
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1623
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Salamat
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Palihug
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Babay
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Boholano
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Bohol
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Wu
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Yue
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
410
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %16.00 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million873.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.50 million178.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
cebuano
chinois
German Name
Cebuano
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Han
Origin
16th century
1250 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Standard Chinese
Language Position
621
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
zho
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
chi
ISO 639 3
ceb
zho
ISO 639 6
ceb
zho
Glottocode
cebu1242
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data Available
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating