Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Philippines
National Language
China, Taiwan
Philippines
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
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Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Salamat
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Maayong Buntag
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Ikasubo ko
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Boholano
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Bohol
Dialect 2
Wu
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
southern Leyte
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
northern part of Leyte
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Visayan
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
chinois
cebuano
German Name
Chinesisch
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Han
Cebuano people
Origin
1250 BC
16th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Standard Cebuano
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
No data Available
Glottocode
sini1245
cebu1242
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Chinese and Cebuano Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Cebuano dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Cebuano language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Cebuano Dialects are spoken in different Cebuano speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Cebuano Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Cebuano dialects include: Boholano , Southern Kana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Cebuano Speaking population
Chinese and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Cebuano on Chinese vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Cebuano Language Codes
Chinese and Cebuano language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Cebuano Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.