Countries
Philippines
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
India, Nepal
Second Language
Philippines
Nepal
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
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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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Island of Cebu
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2147
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1622
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
pranam
Thank You
Salamat
dhanyabad
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
Śubharātri
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
Suprabhaat
Please
Palihug
kripaya
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
maf karai
Bye
Babay
Alavidā
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
kripaya
Dialect 1
Boholano
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Bohol
Nepal
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Madhubani
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
North India
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Khortha
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
415
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million32.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %0.41 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million27.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.50 million2.80 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
cebuano
maithili
German Name
Cebuano
Maithili
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Maithil
Origin
16th century
14th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Standard Maithili
Language Position
6240
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
mai
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
mai
ISO 639 3
ceb
mai
ISO 639 6
ceb
mai
Glottocode
cebu1242
mait1250
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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