Countries
Philippines
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
South Africa
Second Language
Philippines
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Pan South African Language Board
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.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Island of Cebu
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2157
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1650
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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Hello
Hoy
Sawubona
Thank You
Salamat
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
unjani
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
okuhle ekuseni
Please
Palihug
Ngiyacela
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
Babay
bye
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Boholano
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Bohol
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
North Kana
Ndebele
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.32 %0.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
21.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
cebuano
zoulou
German Name
Cebuano
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Zulu people
Origin
16th century
19
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Deep Zulu
Language Position
6287
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
zul
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
zul
ISO 639 3
ceb
zul
ISO 639 6
ceb
zul
Glottocode
cebu1242
zulu1248
Linguasphere
No data Available
99-AUT-fg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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