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Cebuano
Cebuano

Xhosa
Xhosa



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Countries

Countries

Philippines
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Philippines
South Africa

Second Language

Philippines
Lesotho, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho

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.
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.

Similar To

Hiligaynon Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele

Derived From

Island of Cebu
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2153
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

510
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1643
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

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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Greetings

Hello

Hoy
Molo

Thank You

Salamat
Ndiyabulela

How Are You?

Kumusta man ka?
Unjani

Good Night

Maayong Gabii
Ulale kakuhle

Good Evening

Maayong Gabii
Ubusuku obuhle

Good Afternoon

Maayong Hapon
Uben' emva kwemini entle

Good Morning

Maayong Buntag
Molo

Please

Palihug
Ndicela

Sorry

Ikasubo ko
Ndicela uxolo

Bye

Babay
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle

I Love You

Gihigugma ko ikaw
Ndiyakuthanda

Excuse Me

Ekskyus mi
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Boholano
Gcaleka

Where They Speak

Bohol
South Africa

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Southern Kana
Thembu

Where They Speak

southern Leyte
South Africa

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.0019,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

North Kana
Hlubi

Where They Speak

northern part of Leyte
South Africa

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.0019.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

49
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

20.00 million20.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.32 %0.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

21.00 million8.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

14.50 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Visayan
isiXhosa

Alternative Names

Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa

French Name

cebuano
xhosa

German Name

Cebuano
Xhosa-Sprache

Pronunciation

[sɛbuˈɑno]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]

Ethnicity

Cebuano people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca

History

Origin

16th century
16th Century

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

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Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Cebuano
isiXhosa

Language Position

6221
1 120
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Signed Forms

Cebuano Sign Language
Signed Xhosa

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data Available
xh

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ceb
xho

ISO 639 2/B

ceb
xho

ISO 639 3

ceb
xho

ISO 639 6

ceb
xho

Glottocode

cebu1242
xhos1239

Linguasphere

No data Available
99-AUT-fa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Cebuano and Xhosa Alphabets

Cebuano and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Cebuano and Xhosa. In Cebuano Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Cebuano and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Cebuano and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Cebuano and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Cebuano and Xhosa Speaking population

Cebuano and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cebuano and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Cebuano and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Cebuano vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cebuano and Xhosa Language Codes

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