Countries
Philippines
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Philippines
Nigeria
Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Yoruba Academy
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.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Island of Cebu
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2129
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1617
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hoy
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
Salamat
e dupe
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
e kaasan
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
e kaaro
Please
Palihug
Jowo
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
binu
Bye
Babay
bye
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Boholano
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Bohol
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Ede
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
North Kana
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0010,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
420
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.32 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
21.00 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million30.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Visayan
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
cebuano
yoruba
German Name
Cebuano
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[jòɾùbá]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Yoruba people
Origin
16th century
4 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Western Sudanic
Branch
-
Kwa
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Yorùbá
Language Position
6249
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
yo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
yor
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
yor
ISO 639 3
ceb
yor
ISO 639 6
ceb
yor
Glottocode
cebu1242
yoru1245
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating