Countries
Philippines
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
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 vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Farsi Language
Derived From
Island of Cebu
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2133
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1629
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
Silaw
Thank You
Salamat
Sipas
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
Bayanit bash
Please
Palihug
Bê zehmet
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
Bibûre
Bye
Babay
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Boholano
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Bohol
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.50 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
cebuano
kurde
German Name
Cebuano
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Kurds
Origin
16th century
16th century CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Kurdish
Language Position
6214
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
kur
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
kur
ISO 639 3
ceb
kur
ISO 639 6
ceb
kur
Glottocode
cebu1242
kurd1259
Linguasphere
No data Available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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