Countries
Philippines
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Malta
Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
National Council for the Maltese 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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Island of Cebu
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2130
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 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
Ħello
Thank You
Salamat
Grazzi
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Kif int?
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
Palihug
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
Skużani!
Bye
Babay
Ċaw
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Boholano
Qormi
Where They Speak
Bohol
Malta
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Żejtun
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Malta
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Not Present
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
-
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
42
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million0.52 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
21.00 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million0.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
Malti
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Malti
French Name
cebuano
maltais
German Name
Cebuano
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Maltese
Origin
16th century
c. 1470
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Maltese
Language Position
6225
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
mlt
ISO 639 3
ceb
mlt
ISO 639 6
ceb
mlt
Glottocode
cebu1242
malt1254
Linguasphere
No data Available
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic