Countries
Philippines
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Indonesia
Second Language
Philippines
East Timor, Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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.
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Malay language
Derived From
Island of Cebu
Malay and Dutch Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2126
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1619
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
27
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
Halo
Thank You
Salamat
Terima kasih
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Apa kabar?
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
Malam yang baik
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
Selamat Sore
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
Selamat Pagi
Please
Palihug
mohon Untuk
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
maaf
Bye
Babay
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Aku cinta kamu
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
Permisi
Dialect 1
Boholano
Sundanese
Where They Speak
Bohol
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Balinese
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.003,300,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Indonesia, Malaysia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
446
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million163.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %1.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million23.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million140.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
Bahasa Melayu
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Bahasa Indonesia
French Name
cebuano
indonésien
German Name
Cebuano
Bahasa Indonesia
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Indonesians
Origin
16th century
7th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Malay
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Indonesian
Language Position
6256
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
id
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
ind
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
ind
ISO 639 3
ceb
ind
ISO 639 6
ceb
ind
Glottocode
cebu1242
indo1316
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative