Countries
Philippines
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Philippines
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
Island of Cebu
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2144
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1632
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
sannu
Thank You
Salamat
gode ku
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
yaya dai
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
barka da rana
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
mai kyau safe
Please
Palihug
Don Allah
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
yi hakuri
Bye
Babay
sai anjima
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Boholano
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Bohol
Ghana
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Niger
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Daragaram
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Niger
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0050.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
420
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million50.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %0.52 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million35.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.50 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
cebuano
haoussa
German Name
Cebuano
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
16th century
14
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
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Chadic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Hausa
Language Position
6234
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
hau
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
hau
ISO 639 3
ceb
hau
ISO 639 6
ceb
hau
Glottocode
cebu1242
haus1257
Linguasphere
No data Available
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional