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Cebuano
Cebuano

Japanese
Japanese



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Countries

Countries

Philippines
Japan

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Philippines
Japan

Second Language

Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia, Pacific

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Palau

Regulated By

Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education

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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.

Similar To

Hiligaynon Language
Korean Language

Derived From

Island of Cebu
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2199
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1614
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Kana

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

25
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

3 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hoy
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)

Thank You

Salamat
ありがとう (Arigatō)

How Are You?

Kumusta man ka?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)

Good Night

Maayong Gabii
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)

Good Evening

Maayong Gabii
こんばんは (Konbanwa)

Good Afternoon

Maayong Hapon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)

Good Morning

Maayong Buntag
おはよう (Ohayō)

Please

Palihug
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)

Sorry

Ikasubo ko
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)

Bye

Babay
さようなら (Sayōnara)

I Love You

Gihigugma ko ikaw
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)

Excuse Me

Ekskyus mi
すみません (Sumimasen)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Boholano
Sanuki

Where They Speak

Bohol
Kagawa

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.001,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Southern Kana
Hakata

Where They Speak

southern Leyte
Fukuoka

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.00127,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

North Kana
Kansai

Where They Speak

northern part of Leyte
kansai

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.00127,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

431
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

20.00 million128.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.32 %1.90 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

21.00 million128.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

14.50 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Visayan
日本語

Alternative Names

Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Nihongo

French Name

cebuano
japonais

German Name

Cebuano
Japanisch

Pronunciation

[sɛbuˈɑno]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]

Ethnicity

Cebuano people
Japanese (Yamato)

History

Origin

16th century
1185

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Japonic Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese

Standard Forms

Standard Cebuano
Japanese

Language Position

628
1 120
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Signed Forms

Cebuano Sign Language
Signed Japanese

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data Available
ja

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ceb
jpn

ISO 639 2/B

ceb
jpn

ISO 639 3

ceb
jpn

ISO 639 6

ceb
jpn

Glottocode

cebu1242
nucl1643

Linguasphere

No data Available
45-CAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Agglutinative, Synthetic

Cebuano and Japanese Alphabets

Cebuano and Japanese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Cebuano and Japanese. In Cebuano Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters. To learn Cebuano and Japanese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Cebuano and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Cebuano and Japanese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Cebuano and Japanese Speaking population

Cebuano and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cebuano and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Cebuano and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Cebuano vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cebuano and Japanese Language Codes

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