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Cebuano and Malaysian


Malaysian and Cebuano


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

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

Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
21   
3
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
16   
6
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks   
1
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Boholano   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Bohol   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Southern Kana   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
southern Leyte   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
North Kana   
Musi   

Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available   
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
14.50 million   
19
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
Visayan   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan   
Not Available   

French Name
cebuano   
malais   

German Name
Cebuano   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Cebuano people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
16th century   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
62   
99+
54   
39

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cebu1242   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Cebuano and Malaysian Speaking population

Cebuano and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cebuano and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Cebuano and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Cebuano vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cebuano and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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