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Indonesian vs Cebuano


Cebuano vs Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
3 weeks   
1

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese   
Boholano   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Bohol   

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Southern Kana   

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   
southern Leyte   

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
North Kana   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
northern part of Leyte   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
Not Available   

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
14.50 million   
19

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Cebuano people   

History

Origin
7th Century   
16th century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Standard Cebuano   

Language Position
56   
99+
62   
99+

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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Indonesian and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Cebuano language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Indonesian and Cebuano Language History.

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Indonesian and Cebuano Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Indonesian and Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Cebuano language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Indonesian vs Cebuano Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and Cebuano Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Indonesian and Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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