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Cebuano and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
1  
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Philippines  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  
Hiligaynon Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Island of Cebu  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Hoy  

Thank You
Thank you  
Salamat  

How Are You?
How are you?  
Kumusta man ka?  

Good Night
Good Night  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
Maayong Hapon  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
Maayong Buntag  

Please
Please  
Palihug  

Sorry
Sorry  
Ikasubo ko  

Bye
Bye  
Babay  

I Love You
I love you  
Gihigugma ko ikaw  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
Ekskyus mi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Boholano  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Bohol  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
4
21,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
southern Leyte  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
northern part of Leyte  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
14.50 million  
35

Native Name
English  
Visayan  

Alternative Names
English  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  

French Name
anglais  
cebuano  

German Name
Englisch  
Cebuano  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[sɛbuˈɑno]  

Ethnicity
English people  
Cebuano people  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
16th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Standard Cebuano  

Language Position
3  
3
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Cebuano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
ceb  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
ceb  

ISO 639 3
eng  
ceb  

ISO 639 6
engs  
ceb  

Glottocode
stan1293  
cebu1242  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
-  

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All English 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 English and Cebuano dialects. Various dialects of English and Cebuano language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Cebuano Dialects are spoken in different Cebuano speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Cebuano Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Cebuano dialects include: Boholano , Southern Kana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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English and Cebuano Speaking population

English and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of English and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Cebuano on English vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Cebuano Language Codes

English and Cebuano language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Cebuano Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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