Countries
Philippines
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Philippines
South Africa
Second Language
Philippines
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Island of Cebu
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2132
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1617
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hoy
hallo
Thank You
Salamat
Dankie
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
goeie nag
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
goeie more
Please
Palihug
asseblief
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
jammer
Bye
Babay
Totsiens
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Boholano
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Bohol
-
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
-
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
North Kana
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Namibia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.32 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
21.00 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Visayan
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Cape Dutch
French Name
cebuano
afrikaans
German Name
Cebuano
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Afrikaners
Origin
16th century
17th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
6223
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
afr
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
afr
ISO 639 3
ceb
afr
ISO 639 6
ceb
afrs
Glottocode
cebu1242
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data Available
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic