Countries
Philippines
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Philippines
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Armenian
Derived From
Island of Cebu
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2124
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1617
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Salamat
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Palihug
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Babay
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Boholano
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Bohol
Greece
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Griko
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Italy
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Mariupol
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
425
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %0.18 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million13.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.50 million13.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
cebuano
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Cebuano
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
16th century
1500 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Hellenic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Modern Greek
Language Position
6274
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
ell
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
gre
ISO 639 3
ceb
ell
ISO 639 6
ceb
ells
Glottocode
cebu1242
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data Available
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic