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Revision as of 08:24, 26 September 2025
🗺️ Cebuano
Overview
- Language family: Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian
- Region: Visayas and Mindanao; dialects include Boholano, Leyte Cebuano but now adays it is spreading in Manial area and across the country
- Number of speakers: (approximately 80%)
- Status: widely spoken
- Alternate names/spellings: Bisaya
Phonology
Consonants
b k d g h l m n ng p r s t w y
Vowels
(Provide vowel inventory.)
Notable Features
- (Unique sounds, tone, stress, vowel harmony, etc.)
Grammar
- Word order: (e.g., Subject–Verb–Object, Verb–Subject–Object)
- Pronouns: (list with examples)
- Verb system: (tense, aspect, mood, affixes)
- Noun structure: (plurals, possessives, cases)
- Other features: (e.g., reduplication, evidentials)
Vocabulary
Core Words
| English | Cebuano |
|---|---|
| Water | Tubig |
| Sun | Adlaw |
| Mother | Mama |
| House | Balay |
Numbers
- 1 = uno
- 2 = dos
- 3 = tres
- 4 = kwatro
- 5 = cinco
- 6 = siyes
- 7 = syete
- 8 = otso
- 9 = nuybe
- 10 = dyes
Sample Text
Example Sentence
- Cebuano: (Insert example sentence here)
- Translation: (Provide English or national language translation)
Examples
| English | Cebuano |
|---|---|
| Good morning/afternoon/evening. | Maayong buntag/hapon/gabii. |
| Good morning, too. | Maayong buntag sab/pud. |
| Where are you going? | Asa ka paingon?/Asa ka padulong? |
| Just there. | Naa ra diha. |
Longer Text
(Insert folk tale, poem, or dialogue if available.)
Related Dialects
References
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