Countries
Philippines
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Total No. Of Countries
19
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Austria
Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
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.
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Serbain and Bosnian
Derived From
Island of Cebu
Church Slavonic
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2130
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1625
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
bok
Thank You
Salamat
hvala
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
kako si
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
laku noć
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
dobra večer
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
dobar dan
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
dobro jutro
Please
Palihug
molim
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
Oprostite
Bye
Babay
Doviđenja
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Volim te
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
Ispričavam se
Dialect 1
Boholano
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Bohol
Croatia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00660,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Chakavian
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Croatia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
479
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million89.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %89.00 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million5.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million1.25 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
hrvatski
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Hrvatski
French Name
cebuano
croate
German Name
Cebuano
Kroatisch
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Croats
Origin
16th century
9th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Language Position
6223
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Croatian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
hr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
hrv
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
hrv
ISO 639 3
ceb
hrv
ISO 639 6
ceb
hrv
Glottocode
cebu1242
croa1245
Linguasphere
No data Available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic