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Japanese
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Cebuano
Cebuano



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Countries

Countries

Japan
Philippines

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Japan
Philippines

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines

Speaking Continents

Asia, Pacific
Asia

Minority Language

Palau
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters

Interesting Facts

  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  • 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

Korean Language
Hiligaynon Language

Derived From

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Island of Cebu

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

9921
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1416
9 60
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Scripts

Kana
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

52
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks3 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Hoy

Thank You

ありがとう (Arigatō)
Salamat

How Are You?

お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Kumusta man ka?

Good Night

おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Maayong Gabii

Good Evening

こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Maayong Gabii

Good Afternoon

こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Maayong Hapon

Good Morning

おはよう (Ohayō)
Maayong Buntag

Please

お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Palihug

Sorry

ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Ikasubo ko

Bye

さようなら (Sayōnara)
Babay

I Love You

愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Gihigugma ko ikaw

Excuse Me

すみません (Sumimasen)
Ekskyus mi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Sanuki
Boholano

Where They Speak

Kagawa
Bohol

How Many People Speak

1,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hakata
Southern Kana

Where They Speak

Fukuoka
southern Leyte

How Many People Speak

127,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kansai
North Kana

Where They Speak

kansai
northern part of Leyte

How Many People Speak

127,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

314
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

128.00 million20.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.90 %0.32 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

128.00 million21.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million14.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

日本語
Visayan

Alternative Names

Nihongo
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan

French Name

japonais
cebuano

German Name

Japanisch
Cebuano

Pronunciation

/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[sɛbuˈɑno]

Ethnicity

Japanese (Yamato)
Cebuano people

History

Origin

1185
16th century

Language Family

Japonic Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms

Standard Forms

Japanese
Standard Cebuano

Language Position

862
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Japanese
Cebuano Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ja
No data Available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

jpn
ceb

ISO 639 2/B

jpn
ceb

ISO 639 3

jpn
ceb

ISO 639 6

jpn
ceb

Glottocode

nucl1643
cebu1242

Linguasphere

45-CAA-a
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative, Synthetic
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Japanese and Cebuano Alphabets

Japanese and Cebuano Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Japanese and Cebuano. In Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters while in Cebuano Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Japanese and Cebuano languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Japanese and Cebuano languages. The Japanese phonology consist Japanese vowels and Japanese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Japanese greetings vs Cebuano greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Japanese and Cebuano are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Japanese and Cebuano Speaking population

Japanese and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Cebuano on Japanese vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Cebuano Language Codes

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