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Cebuano
Cebuano

Filipino
Filipino



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Cebuano and Filipino

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Countries

Countries

Philippines
Philippines

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Philippines
Philippines

Second Language

Philippines
Philippines

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino

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.
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.

Similar To

Hiligaynon Language
Tagalog Language

Derived From

Island of Cebu
Spanish Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2128
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1623
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

23
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

3 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hoy
Kumusta

Thank You

Salamat
Salamat

How Are You?

Kumusta man ka?
Kumusta

Good Night

Maayong Gabii
magandang gabi

Good Evening

Maayong Gabii
Magandang gabi

Good Afternoon

Maayong Hapon
Magandang hapon

Good Morning

Maayong Buntag
Magandang umaga

Please

Palihug
Mangyaring

Sorry

Ikasubo ko
pinagsisisihan

Bye

Babay
Paalam

I Love You

Gihigugma ko ikaw
Mahal kita

Excuse Me

Ekskyus mi
patawarin ninyo ako

Dialects

Dialect 1

Boholano
Bikol

Where They Speak

Bohol
Philippines

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.00100,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Southern Kana
Hiligaynon

Where They Speak

southern Leyte
Philippines

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.008,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

North Kana
Waray

Where They Speak

northern part of Leyte
Philippines

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.002,600,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

48
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

20.00 million90.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.32 %1.74 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

21.00 million45.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

14.50 million45.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Visayan
filipino

Alternative Names

Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Pilipino

French Name

cebuano
filipino; pilipino

German Name

Cebuano
Pilipino

Pronunciation

[sɛbuˈɑno]
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]

Ethnicity

Cebuano people
Filipino people

History

Origin

16th century
16th Century

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Cebuano
Filipino

Language Position

6234
1 120
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Signed Forms

Cebuano Sign Language
Filipino Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data Available
No Data Available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ceb
fil

ISO 639 2/B

ceb
fil

ISO 639 3

ceb
fil

ISO 639 6

ceb
fil

Glottocode

cebu1242
fili1244

Linguasphere

No data Available
No Data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Cebuano and Filipino Alphabets

Cebuano and Filipino Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Cebuano and Filipino. In Cebuano Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Filipino Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Cebuano and Filipino languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Cebuano and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Cebuano and Filipino are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Cebuano and Filipino Speaking population

Cebuano and Filipino speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cebuano and Filipino languages can be compared. The total count of Cebuano and Filipino Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 %. 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 Filipino on Cebuano vs Filipino where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cebuano and Filipino Language Codes

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