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 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
-
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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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
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?
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
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
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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