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Cebuano
Cebuano

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Countries

Countries

Philippines
Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Philippines
Nigeria

Second Language

Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Equatorial Guinea

Regulated By

Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture

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 Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.

Similar To

Hiligaynon Language
Yoruba and Hausa Languages

Derived From

Island of Cebu
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2136
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

58
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1628
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 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hoy
kedụ

Thank You

Salamat
dalụ

How Are You?

Kumusta man ka?
kedụ ka ịmere

Good Night

Maayong Gabii
ka chi fo

Good Evening

Maayong Gabii
mgbede ọma

Good Afternoon

Maayong Hapon
ehihie ọma

Good Morning

Maayong Buntag
ụtụtụ ọma

Please

Palihug
Biko

Sorry

Ikasubo ko
Ndo

Bye

Babay
Kachifo

I Love You

Gihigugma ko ikaw
a hụrụ m gị n'anya

Excuse Me

Ekskyus mi
ngọpụ

Dialects

Dialect 1

Boholano
Enuani

Where They Speak

Bohol
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Southern Kana
Ngwa

Where They Speak

southern Leyte
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.001,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

North Kana
Not present

Where They Speak

northern part of Leyte
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How Many People Speak

20,000,000.0024.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

420
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

20.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.32 %0.09 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

21.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

14.50 million24.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Visayan
igbo

Alternative Names

Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Ibo

French Name

cebuano
igbo

German Name

Cebuano
Ibo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[sɛbuˈɑno]
[iɡ͡boː]

Ethnicity

Cebuano people
Igbo people

History

Origin

16th century
30th Century BC

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

-
Kwa

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Cebuano
Standard Igbo

Language Position

6257
1 120
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Signed Forms

Cebuano Sign Language
Igbo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data Available
ig

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ceb
ibo

ISO 639 2/B

ceb
ibo

ISO 639 3

ceb
ibo

ISO 639 6

ceb
ibo

Glottocode

cebu1242
nucl1417

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

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Agglutinative

Cebuano and Igbo Alphabets

Cebuano and Igbo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Cebuano and Igbo. In Cebuano Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Cebuano and Igbo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Cebuano and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Cebuano and Igbo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Cebuano and Igbo Speaking population

Cebuano and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cebuano and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Cebuano and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. 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 Igbo on Cebuano vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cebuano and Igbo Language Codes

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