Countries
Philippines
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Nepal
Second Language
Philippines
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Hindi
Derived From
Island of Cebu
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2148
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1636
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Salamat
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
Palihug
कृपया
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
Babay
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Boholano
Doteli
Where They Speak
Bohol
Nepal
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00790,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0017,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Nepal
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0017,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
412
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %0.25 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.50 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
cebuano
népalais
German Name
Cebuano
Nepali
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
16th century
19 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Nepali
Language Position
6259
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ne
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
nep
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
nep
ISO 639 3
ceb
npi
ISO 639 6
ceb
nep
Glottocode
cebu1242
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data Available
12
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative