Countries
Philippines
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Philippines
Second Language
Philippines
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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.
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
Island of Cebu
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2125
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1618
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Baybayin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
Kamusta
Thank You
Salamat
Salamat po
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
Magandang umaga po
Please
Palihug
pakiusap
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
pinagsisisihan
Bye
Babay
Paálam
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Boholano
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Bohol
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Bisalog
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Philippines
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Filipino
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Philippines
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million73.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %0.42 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million28.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.50 million45.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
cebuano
tagalog
German Name
Cebuano
Tagalog
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Tagalog people
Origin
16th century
1593
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Filipino
Language Position
6258
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Signed Tagalog
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
t1
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
tgl
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
tgl
ISO 639 3
ceb
tg1
ISO 639 6
ceb
tgl
Glottocode
cebu1242
taga1269
Linguasphere
No data Available
31-CKA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-