Countries
Philippines
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Japan
Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Palau
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Korean Language
Derived From
Island of Cebu
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2199
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1614
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kana
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Salamat
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
Palihug
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Babay
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Boholano
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Bohol
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Hakata
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Kansai
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
kansai
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
431
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million128.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %1.90 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million128.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.50 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
日本語
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Nihongo
French Name
cebuano
japonais
German Name
Cebuano
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
16th century
1185
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Japanese
Language Position
628
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
jpn
ISO 639 3
ceb
jpn
ISO 639 6
ceb
jpn
Glottocode
cebu1242
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No data Available
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic