Countries
Philippines
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Haiti
Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cuba
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
French Language
Derived From
Island of Cebu
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2129
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1620
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 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
Bonjou
Thank You
Salamat
Mèsi
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
Bon nwit
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
Bon apre-midi
Please
Palihug
Souple
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
Dezole
Bye
Babay
Babay
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Boholano
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Bohol
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Cayes
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.32 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
21.00 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Visayan
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
cebuano
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Cebuano
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Haitians
Origin
16th century
17th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Haitian Creole
Language Position
6299
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
hat
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
hat
ISO 639 3
ceb
hat
ISO 639 6
ceb
hat
Glottocode
cebu1242
hait1244
Linguasphere
No data Available
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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