Countries
Philippines
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Indonesia
Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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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 Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
Island of Cebu
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2127
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1621
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
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
matur nuwun
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
piye kabare?
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
Sugeng énjing
Please
Palihug
matur nuwun
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
Babay
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Boholano
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Bohol
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0082,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Cirebon
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0082,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Arekan
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0082,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
416
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million82.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.32 %1.25 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
21.00 million76.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million82.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
cebuano
javanais
German Name
Cebuano
Javanisch
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Origin
16th century
450 AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Javanese
Language Position
6211
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Javanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
jv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
jav
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
jav
ISO 639 3
ceb
jav
ISO 639 6
ceb
jav
Glottocode
cebu1242
java1253
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
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Agglutinative