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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Kannada Language
Derived From
Island of Cebu
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2151
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
516
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1635
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
-
-
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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Hello
Hoy
Namaskara
Thank You
Salamat
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
yedde rathre
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
yedde kaande
Please
Palihug
Daya maltadu
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
Yenna thapu aandu
Bye
Babay
Barpe
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Boholano
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Bohol
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Jain
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.001,900,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Girijan
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.002.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million1.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.50 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
Tulu
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
cebuano
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German Name
Cebuano
Tulu
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[ˈtulu]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Tuluva
Origin
16th century
14
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Tulu
Language Position
6223
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Signed Tulu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
tcy
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
tul
ISO 639 3
ceb
tcy
ISO 639 6
ceb
tcy
Glottocode
cebu1242
tulu1258
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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