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Cebuano vs Sanskrit


Sanskrit vs Cebuano


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Philippines   
India   

Second Language
Philippines   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Hiligaynon Language   
Old German Language   

Derived From
Island of Cebu   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
21   
3
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
16   
13

How Many Consonants
16   
6
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks   
1
20 weeks   
5

Greetings

Hello
Hoy   
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   

Thank You
Salamat   
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   

How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?   
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   

Good Night
Maayong Gabii   
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   

Good Evening
Maayong Gabii   
शुभः सायंकालः   

Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon   
शुभ दुपार   

Good Morning
Maayong Buntag   
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   

Please
Palihug   
कृपया (kripayā)   

Sorry
Ikasubo ko   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Bye
Babay   
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   

I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw   
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   

Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Boholano   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Bohol   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Southern Kana   
Not present   

Where They Speak
southern Leyte   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
North Kana   
Not present   

Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
0   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available   
14.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
Not Available   

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
14.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.50 million   
19
Not Available   

Native Name
Visayan   
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   

Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan   
Not Available   

French Name
cebuano   
sanskrit   

German Name
Cebuano   
Sanskrit   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   

Ethnicity
Cebuano people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
16th century   
2000 B.C.   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Vedic Sanskrit   

Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano   
Sanskrit   

Language Position
62   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
sa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ceb   
san   

ISO 639 2/B
ceb   
san   

ISO 639 3
ceb   
san   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cebu1242   
sans1269   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Ancient   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Cebuano and Sanskrit Language History

Comparison of Cebuano vs Sanskrit language history gives us differences between origin of Cebuano and Sanskrit language. History of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th century whereas history of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C.. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Cebuano and Sanskrit Language History.

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Cebuano and Sanskrit Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Cebuano and Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Sanskrit language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Cebuano vs Sanskrit Difficulty

The Cebuano vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano Alphabets and Sanskrit Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Cebuano and Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.

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