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Cebuano Language

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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Philippines
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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1.3 National Language
Philippines
1.4 Second Language
Philippines
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
1.10 Derived From
Island of Cebu
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
Tamil
21
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Irish
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
Thai
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Hebrew
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
Hmong
16
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
Armenian
2
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Bengali
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Chinese
3 weeks
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Cebuano
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hoy
3.2 Thank You
Salamat
3.3 How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
3.4 Good Night
Maayong Gabii
3.5 Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
3.6 Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
3.7 Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
3.8 Please
Palihug
3.9 Sorry
Ikasubo ko
3.10 Bye
Babay
3.11 I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
3.12 Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Boholano
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bohol
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
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4.2 Dialect 2
Southern Kana
4.2.1 Where They Speak
southern Leyte
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
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4.3 Dialect 3
North Kana
4.3.1 Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Swedish
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
English
4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Sanskrit
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
English
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.2 Speaking Population
Croatian
0.32 %
Rank: 38 (Overall)
Xhosa
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5.3 Native Speakers
Chinese
21.00 million
Rank: 36 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
English
14.50 million
Rank: 19 (Overall)
Finnish
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5.3.2 Native Name
Visayan
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
5.3.4 French Name
cebuano
5.3.5 German Name
Cebuano
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Cebuano people
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th century
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
6.3.3 Language Position
Georgian
62
Rank: 45 (Overall)
Chinese
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
No data Available
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
ceb
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
ceb
7.3 ISO 639 3
ceb
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
cebu1242
7.6 Linguasphere
No data Available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available

Origin of Cebuano language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Cebuano language is one of the Best Languages to Learn. The origin of Cebuano language states that it was put to use in 16th century. The history of Cebuano language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Cebuano Language History. Cebuano has no early forms. Standard Cebuano is the standard form of Cebuano language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Cebuano Language.

Cebuano population

Cebuano population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Cebuano language. Cebuano language is spoken by Not Available people in the world. Most of the Cebuano population lies in the Cebuano Speaking Countries. Cebuano language is spoken as first language by 21.00 million people and as second language by about 14.50 million people. Get to know Cebuano speaking population in detail.

Cebuano writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Cebuano writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Cebuano language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Cebuano language. Learn more about . 

Information about Cebuano language

Check out all the information about Cebuano language here. You may find it interesting to learn Cebuano Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Cebuano Speaking Countries, Cebuano speaking continents and Cebuano Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Cebuano countries knowing common Cebuano Greetings will help you in communicating with Cebuano people.

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