Countries
Philippines
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Dagbani Language
Derived From
Island of Cebu
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2126
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1616
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
Kia ora
Thank You
Salamat
Laafi bala
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
Kia ora
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
Ne y yibeogo
Please
Palihug
gafare
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
gafare
Bye
Babay
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Boholano
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Bohol
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Saremde
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Taolende
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
48
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million7.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.50 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
Mosse
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
cebuano
moré
German Name
Cebuano
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Mossi
Origin
16th century
11th Century AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Western Sudanic
Branch
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Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Mossi
Language Position
6237
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
mos
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
mos
ISO 639 3
ceb
mos
ISO 639 6
ceb
mos
Glottocode
cebu1242
moss1236
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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