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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
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
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  
19
21,000,000.00  
28

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  
99+
21,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
northern part of Leyte  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
14.50 million  
35

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  

History

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
56  
99+
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Cebuano Sign Language  

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
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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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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