Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Philippines
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Interesting Facts
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
- 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
Chinese and Japanese languages
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
Not Available
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
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Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Not Available
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Hoy
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Salamat
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Maayong Buntag
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Palihug
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Ikasubo ko
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Ekskyus mi
Where They Speak
South Korea
Bohol
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
South Korea
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
North Kana
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Visayan
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
coréen
cebuano
German Name
Koreanisch
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Koreans
Cebuano people
Origin
Before 1st century
16th century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Standard Cebuano
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
No data Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
cebu1242
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
Korean 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 Korean and Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Cebuano language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Cebuano Difficulty
The Korean vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.