Countries
Philippines
Fiji, India
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
India
Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Central Hindi Directorate
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 Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Urdu
Derived From
Island of Cebu
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2144
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1633
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
Salamat
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
Palihug
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
Babay
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Boholano
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Bohol
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Marwari
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Bundeli
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
421
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million380.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %4.70 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million260.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million120.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
cebuano
hindi
German Name
Cebuano
Hindi
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Hindustani people
Origin
16th century
7th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Standard Hindi
Language Position
625
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
hi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
hin
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
hin
ISO 639 3
ceb
hin
ISO 639 6
ceb
hins
Glottocode
cebu1242
hind1269
Linguasphere
No data Available
59-AAF-qf
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic