Cebuano and Chinese
Countries
Philippines
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
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
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Derived From
Island of Cebu
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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)
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
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
Not Available
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Wu
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
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Native Name
Visayan
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
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French Name
cebuano
chinois
German Name
Cebuano
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Han
Origin
16th century
1250 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
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Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
zh
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
cebu1242
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data Available
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
All Cebuano and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Cebuano and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cebuano are spoken in different Cebuano Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cebuano vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cebuano dialects include: Boholano, Southern Kana. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cebuano and Chinese Speaking population
Cebuano and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cebuano and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Cebuano and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Cebuano vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cebuano and Chinese Language Codes
Cebuano and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cebuano and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.