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Cebuano vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
1  
14

National Language
Spain  
Philippines  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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
French Language  
Hiligaynon Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Island of Cebu  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

Hello
hola  
Hoy  

Thank You
Gracias  
Salamat  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
Kumusta man ka?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
Maayong Hapon  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
Maayong Buntag  

Please
Por Favor  
Palihug  

Sorry
triste  
Ikasubo ko  

Bye
adiós  
Babay  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Gihigugma ko ikaw  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
Ekskyus mi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Boholano  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Bohol  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
6
21,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
southern Leyte  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
35
21,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
northern part of Leyte  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
14.50 million  
35

Native Name
Español  
Visayan  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
cebuano  

German Name
Spanisch  
Cebuano  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[sɛbuˈɑno]  

Ethnicity
Spanish people  
Cebuano people  

History

Origin
210 BC  
16th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Standard Cebuano  

Language Position
2  
2
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Cebuano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
ceb  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
ceb  

ISO 639 3
spa  
ceb  

ISO 639 6
spa  
ceb  

Glottocode
stan1288  
cebu1242  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Spanish and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Cebuano language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Cebuano Language History.

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

Spanish vs Cebuano Difficulty

The Spanish vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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