Countries
Philippines
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Malaysia
Second Language
Philippines
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Thailand
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Indonesian Language
Derived From
Island of Cebu
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2126
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1624
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
Hai
Thank You
Salamat
terima kasih
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Apa khabar?
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
Selamat pagi
Please
Palihug
sila
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
maaf
Bye
Babay
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Boholano
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Bohol
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Pekal
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Musi
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
424
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million175.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %1.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million77.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.50 million98.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
cebuano
malais
German Name
Cebuano
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Malaysian people
Origin
16th century
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
6254
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
msa
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
may
ISO 639 3
ceb
zsm
ISO 639 6
ceb
may
Glottocode
cebu1242
stan1306
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative