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Filipino
Filipino

Cebuano
Cebuano



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Countries

Countries

Philippines
Philippines

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Philippines
Philippines

Second Language

Philippines
Philippines

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters

Interesting Facts

  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  • 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

Tagalog Language
Hiligaynon Language

Derived From

Spanish Language
Island of Cebu

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2821
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2316
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

32
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks3 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kumusta
Hoy

Thank You

Salamat
Salamat

How Are You?

Kumusta
Kumusta man ka?

Good Night

magandang gabi
Maayong Gabii

Good Evening

Magandang gabi
Maayong Gabii

Good Afternoon

Magandang hapon
Maayong Hapon

Good Morning

Magandang umaga
Maayong Buntag

Please

Mangyaring
Palihug

Sorry

pinagsisisihan
Ikasubo ko

Bye

Paalam
Babay

I Love You

Mahal kita
Gihigugma ko ikaw

Excuse Me

patawarin ninyo ako
Ekskyus mi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Bikol
Boholano

Where They Speak

Philippines
Bohol

How Many People Speak

100,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiligaynon
Southern Kana

Where They Speak

Philippines
southern Leyte

How Many People Speak

8,200,000.0021,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Waray
North Kana

Where They Speak

Philippines
northern part of Leyte

How Many People Speak

2,600,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

84
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

90.00 million20.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.74 %0.32 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

45.00 million21.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

45.00 million14.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

filipino
Visayan

Alternative Names

Pilipino
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan

French Name

filipino; pilipino
cebuano

German Name

Pilipino
Cebuano

Pronunciation

[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
[sɛbuˈɑno]

Ethnicity

Filipino people
Cebuano people

History

Origin

16th Century
16th century

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Filipino
Standard Cebuano

Language Position

3462
1 120
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Signed Forms

Filipino Sign Language
Cebuano Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No Data Available
No data Available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fil
ceb

ISO 639 2/B

fil
ceb

ISO 639 3

fil
ceb

ISO 639 6

fil
ceb

Glottocode

fili1244
cebu1242

Linguasphere

No Data Available
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Verb-Subject-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Filipino and Cebuano Alphabets

Filipino and Cebuano Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Filipino and Cebuano. In Filipino Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Cebuano Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Filipino and Cebuano languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Filipino and Cebuano languages. The Filipino phonology consist Filipino vowels and Filipino consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Filipino greetings vs Cebuano greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Filipino and Cebuano are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Filipino and Cebuano Speaking population

Filipino and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Filipino and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Filipino and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 % 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 Filipino and Cebuano on Filipino vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Filipino and Cebuano Language Codes

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