Countries
Philippines
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
India
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Old German Language
Derived From
Island of Cebu
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2152
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
516
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1636
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks20 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
Salamat
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
Palihug
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
Babay
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Boholano
Not present
Where They Speak
Bohol
-
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00140,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Not present
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
-
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00140,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Not present
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
-
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
40
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million14.10 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million14.10 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.50 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
cebuano
sanskrit
German Name
Cebuano
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Sanskrit speakers
Origin
16th century
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Sanskrit
Language Position
6223
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
-
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
sa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
san
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
san
ISO 639 3
ceb
san
ISO 639 6
ceb
san
Glottocode
cebu1242
sans1269
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic