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Malaysian vs Cebuano


Cebuano vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
26  
8
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Boholano  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Bohol  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
southern Leyte  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Musi  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
northern part of Leyte  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
14.50 million  
35

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  

History

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
54  
99+
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Cebuano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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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Malaysian and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Cebuano language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD 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 Malaysian and Cebuano Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Cebuano Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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