Countries
Philippines
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Philippines
Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
Commission on the Filipino Language
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.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
Island of Cebu
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2132
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1620
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
Kablaaw
Thank You
Salamat
Agyamanak
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Kumusta?
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
Naimbag a bigat
Please
Palihug
mangngegda
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
Agpakawanak
Bye
Babay
Pakada
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
Maawan-dayawen
Dialect 1
Boholano
Balangao
Where They Speak
Bohol
Philippines
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0021,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Bontoc
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Philippines
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0041,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Not present
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Not present
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
42
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million9.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.32 %0.14 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million9.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Visayan
ilokano
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
cebuano
ilocano
German Name
Cebuano
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[iːloˈkɑno]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Ilocano people
Origin
16th century
18th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Modern Ilocano
Language Position
6294
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Ilocano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
ilo
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
ilo
ISO 639 3
ceb
ilo
ISO 639 6
ceb
ilo
Glottocode
cebu1242
ilok1237
Linguasphere
No data Available
31-CBA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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