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Cebuano
Cebuano

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Countries

Countries

Philippines
Ethiopia, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Philippines
Ethiopia

Second Language

Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Somalia

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.
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.

Similar To

Hiligaynon Language
Somali Language

Derived From

Island of Cebu
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2134
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

510
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1624
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

25
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

3 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hoy
akkam

Thank You

Salamat
Galatoomi

How Are You?

Kumusta man ka?
Attam jirta/jirtu?

Good Night

Maayong Gabii
Nagayattii buli

Good Evening

Maayong Gabii
Akkam waarite

Good Afternoon

Maayong Hapon
Attam oolte / ooltan

Good Morning

Maayong Buntag
Attam bulte/bultan

Please

Palihug
Maaloo

Sorry

Ikasubo ko
naa dhiisi

Bye

Babay
Nagayattii!

I Love You

Gihigugma ko ikaw
Sin jaaladha

Excuse Me

Ekskyus mi
Maaloo na dabarsi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Boholano
Borana

Where They Speak

Bohol
Ethiopia, Kenya

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.004,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Southern Kana
Orma

Where They Speak

southern Leyte
Kenya

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.0066,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

North Kana
Wata

Where They Speak

northern part of Leyte
Kenya

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.0013,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

417
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

20.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.32 %0.36 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

21.00 million24.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

14.50 million35.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Visayan
Afaan Oromo

Alternative Names

Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Afaan Oromoo

French Name

cebuano
galla

German Name

Cebuano
Galla-Sprache

Pronunciation

[sɛbuˈɑno]
[ɔrɔmɔ]

Ethnicity

Cebuano people
Oromos

History

Origin

16th century
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Language Family

Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

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Cushitic

Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Cebuano
Afaan Oromo

Language Position

6291
1 120
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Signed Forms

Cebuano Sign Language
Oromo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

No data Available
om

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ceb
orm

ISO 639 2/B

ceb
orm

ISO 639 3

ceb
orm

ISO 639 6

ceb
orm

Glottocode

cebu1242
nucl1736

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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Cebuano and Oromo Alphabets

Cebuano and Oromo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Cebuano and Oromo. In Cebuano Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters. To learn Cebuano and Oromo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Cebuano and Oromo languages. The Cebuano phonology consist Cebuano vowels and Cebuano consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Cebuano greetings vs Oromo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Cebuano and Oromo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Cebuano and Oromo Speaking population

Cebuano and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cebuano and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Cebuano and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 %. 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 Oromo on Cebuano vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cebuano and Oromo Language Codes

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