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cebuano

Also known as Cebuano language, Cebuan language

Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by Cebuanos and other ethnic groups

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Cebuano is a language spoken by millions of people in the Philippines, primarily by the Cebuano ethnic group and various other communities in the region. As an Austronesian language, it belongs to the same language family as many other languages across Southeast Asia and the Pacific, making it part of a significant global linguistic tradition.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: modern language
Subclass of: Bisayan
Has part: Boholano dialect
Named after: Cebu
Country: Philippines

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topic's main category: Category:Cebuano language
writing system: Philippine Braille
Wikimedia language code: ceb
Commons category: Cebuano language
native label: Binisaya
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 15900000
language regulatory body: Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
linguistic typology: verb–subject–object
indigenous to: Northern Mindanao
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/CEB
P10369: San Marino

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O cebuano (sugboanon) é uma língua austronésia do ramo das línguas malaio-polinésias ocidentais, grupo das Visayas (em cebuano: Binisaya). É falada nas Filipinas por cerca de 21 milhões de pessoas. Seu nome vem da ilha filipina de Cebu. É a língua nativa dos habitantes dessa ilha, de Bohol, de Negros Oriental e de parte dos que vivem em Leyte e no norte de Mindanau. Há ainda alguns falantes em cidades e ilhas de Samar. Nos anos 80 o Cebuano passou a ter mais falantes que o tagalog. Em Bohol a língua é por vezes chamada boholano (Bol-anon). Seu código ISO 639 é ceb.

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