Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Philippines
Second Language
Indonesia
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2621
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2416
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Hoy
Thank You
terima kasih
Salamat
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Maayong Buntag
Please
sila
Palihug
Sorry
maaf
Ikasubo ko
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Babay
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Boholano
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Bohol
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Indonesia
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
30,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
North Kana
Where They Speak
Indonesia
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
244
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
98.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
Visayan
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
malais
cebuano
German Name
Malaiisch
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Cebuano people
Origin
c. 683 AD
16th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
5462
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
may
ceb
ISO 639 3
zsm
ceb
ISO 639 6
may
ceb
Glottocode
stan1306
cebu1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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