Countries
Countries
Philippines
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Total No. Of Countries
146
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Spain
Second Language
Philippines
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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.
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
French Language
Derived From
Island of Cebu
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2127
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1622
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Hoy
hola
Thank You
Salamat
Gracias
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Cómo estás?
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
Buenas Noches
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
Bonne soirée
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
Buenas Tardes
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
Buenos Días
Please
Palihug
Por Favor
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
triste
Bye
Babay
adiós
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
Discúlpeme
Dialects
Dialect 1
Boholano
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
Bohol
Mexico
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Cuba
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0011,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Puerto Rico
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.003,900,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
421
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million489.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %6.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
21.00 million410.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million89.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
Español
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Castellano, Castilian, Español
French Name
cebuano
espagnol; castillan
German Name
Cebuano
Spanisch
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Spanish people
History
Origin
16th century
210 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Language Position
622
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Signed Spanish
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
No data Available
es
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
spa
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
spa
ISO 639 3
ceb
spa
ISO 639 6
ceb
spa
Glottocode
cebu1242
stan1288
Linguasphere
No data Available
51-AAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic