Cebuano

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🗺️ 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

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Vowels

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Notable Features

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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 ...
Sun ...
Mother ...
House ...

Numbers

'1 = uno 2 = … 3 = … 4 = … 5 = …

Sample Text

Example Sentence

  • Cebuano: (Insert example sentence here)
  • Translation: (Provide English or national language translation)

Longer Text

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Related Dialects

References


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