Countries
Countries
Philippines
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Munda Language
Derived From
Island of Cebu
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2130
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1621
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Hoy
Henda ho
Thank You
Salamat
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
संध्यायान
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
Boge Setak’
Please
Palihug
দয়া করে
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
দুঃখিত
Bye
Babay
Hariau
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialects
Dialect 1
Boholano
Mahali
Where They Speak
Bohol
India
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Not present
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
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How Many People Speak
21,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Not present
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
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How Many People Speak
20,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
41
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million6.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million6.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.50 million6.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
cebuano
santal
German Name
Cebuano
Santali
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
History
Origin
16th century
20th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Santali
Language Position
6241
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
sat
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
sat
ISO 639 3
ceb
sat
ISO 639 6
ceb
sat
Glottocode
cebu1242
sant1410
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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