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Italian vs Cebuano


Cebuano vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Philippines   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Philippines   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages   
Hiligaynon Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Island of Cebu   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
16   
6
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
3 weeks   
1

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
Hoy   

Thank You
grazie   
Salamat   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
Kumusta man ka?   

Good Night
buonanotte   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Evening
buonasera   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
Maayong Hapon   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
Maayong Buntag   

Please
Per Favore   
Palihug   

Sorry
scusate   
Ikasubo ko   

Bye
arrivederci   
Babay   

I Love You
Ti amo   
Gihigugma ko ikaw   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
Ekskyus mi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Boholano   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Bohol   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Southern Kana   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
southern Leyte   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
North Kana   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
northern part of Leyte   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
Not Available   

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
14.50 million   
19

Native Name
Italiano   
Visayan   

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

French Name
italien   
cebuano   

German Name
Italienisch   
Cebuano   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Cebuano people   

History

Origin
960 BC   
16th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Standard Cebuano   

Language Position
27   
23
62   
99+

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
ceb   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
ceb   

ISO 639 3
ita   
ceb   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
cebu1242   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Italian and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Cebuano language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Cebuano Language History.

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Italian 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 Italian and Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Cebuano language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Italian vs Cebuano Difficulty

The Italian vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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