Countries
Indonesia
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
Philippines
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- 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
Malay language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2621
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1916
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
72
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Hoy
Thank You
Terima kasih
Salamat
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
Maayong Buntag
Please
mohon Untuk
Palihug
Sorry
maaf
Ikasubo ko
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Babay
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
Permisi
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Boholano
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bohol
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Balinese
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Minangkabau
North Kana
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
464
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
163.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
23.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
140.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
Visayan
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
indonésien
cebuano
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Cebuano people
Origin
7th Century
16th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Malay
No early forms
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
5662
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
id
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ind
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
ind
ceb
ISO 639 3
ind
ceb
ISO 639 6
ind
ceb
Glottocode
indo1316
cebu1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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