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Cebuano
Cebuano

English
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Countries

Countries

Philippines
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

133
0 46
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National Language

Philippines
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Philippines
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa

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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Hiligaynon Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

Island of Cebu
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2126
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1621
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

27
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

3 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hoy
Hello

Thank You

Salamat
Thank you

How Are You?

Kumusta man ka?
How are you?

Good Night

Maayong Gabii
Good Night

Good Evening

Maayong Gabii
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

Maayong Hapon
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

Maayong Buntag
Good Morning

Please

Palihug
Please

Sorry

Ikasubo ko
Sorry

Bye

Babay
Bye

I Love You

Gihigugma ko ikaw
I love you

Excuse Me

Ekskyus mi
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Boholano
American English

Where They Speak

Bohol
United States of America

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Southern Kana
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

southern Leyte
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

North Kana
Welsh English

Where They Speak

northern part of Leyte
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

4188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

20.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.32 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

21.00 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

14.50 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Visayan
English

Alternative Names

Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
English

French Name

cebuano
anglais

German Name

Cebuano
Englisch

Pronunciation

[sɛbuˈɑno]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Cebuano people
English people

History

Origin

16th century
5th Century AD

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Standard Cebuano
Standard English

Language Position

623
1 120
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Signed Forms

Cebuano Sign Language
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data Available
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ceb
eng

ISO 639 2/B

ceb
eng

ISO 639 3

ceb
eng

ISO 639 6

ceb
engs

Glottocode

cebu1242
stan1293

Linguasphere

No data Available
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Cebuano and English Alphabets

Cebuano and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Cebuano and English. In Cebuano Alphabets there are 21 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Cebuano and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Cebuano and English languages. The Cebuano phonology consist Cebuano vowels and Cebuano consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Cebuano greetings vs English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Cebuano and English are Most Spoken Languages.

All Cebuano and English 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 English dialects. Various dialects of Cebuano and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cebuano are spoken in different Cebuano Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cebuano vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cebuano dialects include: Boholano, Southern Kana. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Cebuano and English Speaking population

Cebuano and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cebuano and English languages can be compared. The total count of Cebuano and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Cebuano vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cebuano and English Language Codes

Cebuano and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cebuano and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.