Cebuano language

E7565

Austronesian language Bisayan language Philippine language

The Cebuano language is an Austronesian language widely spoken in the southern Philippines, particularly in the Visayas and parts of Mindanao.

Aliases (8)

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language → Bisayan language → Philippine language →
alignmentType	Austronesian alignment →
alternativeName	Binisaya → Bisaya → Cebuano →
basicWordOrder	verb–subject–object →
closelyRelatedTo	Hiligaynon language → Waray language →
country	Philippines →
glottocode	cebu1242 →
hasCaseMarking	focus/voice system →
hasDialect	Boholano Cebuano → Davaoeño Cebuano → Leyte Cebuano → Mindanao Cebuano → Northern Cebuano → Standard Cebuano → Urban Cebuano → Zamboangueño Cebuano →
hasLoanwordsFrom	English language → Hokkien language → Spanish language →
hasPhonemicContrast	stress → vowel length →
hasWritingStandard	Ortograpiyang Pambansa-based orthography →
historicalWritingSystem	Baybayin →
ISO639-1Code	none →
ISO639-2Code	ceb →
ISO639-3Code	ceb →
languageFamily	Austronesian languages →
morphologicalType	agglutinative language →
region	Bohol → Caraga → Cebu → Central Visayas → Davao Region → Eastern Visayas → Negros Oriental → Northern Mindanao → Soccsksargen → Western Visayas → Zamboanga Peninsula → parts of Leyte → parts of Mindanao →
subfamily	Central Philippine languages → Malayo-Polynesian languages → Philippine languages →
subgroup	Bisayan languages →
usedIn	education in some Philippine regions → local government in Visayas and Mindanao → mass media in the Philippines →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (55)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bikol language → Hiligaynon language → Ilonggo ("Cebuano") → Lineyte-Samarnon → Tagalog ("Cebuano") → Winaray ("Cebuano") →	closelyRelatedTo
Bisayan languages subgroup → Greater Central Philippine languages ("Cebuano") → Southern Philippine languages subgroup → Southern Philippine languages subgroup ("Boholano Cebuano") → Southern Philippine languages subgroup ("Leyteño Cebuano") → Southern Philippine languages subgroup ("Davaoeño Cebuano") →	hasMember
Binisaya ("Urban Cebuano") → Cebuano language ("Standard Cebuano") → Cebuano language ("Urban Cebuano") → Cebuano language ("Boholano Cebuano") → Cebuano language ("Northern Cebuano") →	hasDialect
Cordova, Cebu ("Cebuano") → Eastern Visayas ("Cebuano") → Mindanao ("Cebuano") → Zamboanga Peninsula ("Cebuano") →	languageSpoken
Mactan ("Cebuano") → South Cotabato ("Cebuano") → Visayas ("Cebuano") →	language
Binisaya ("Cebuano") → Cebuano language ("Cebuano") →	alternativeName
Mindanao ("Cebuano") → Sergio Osmeña ("Cebuano") →	ethnicGroup
Davao Region ("Cebuano") → North Cotabato ("Cebuano") →	hasEthnicGroup
Davao Region ("Cebuano") → North Cotabato ("Cebuano") →	hasLanguage
Malayo-Polynesian languages → Philippine languages ("Cebuano") →	includesLanguage
Biliran Island ("Cebuano") → Lapu-Lapu City ("Cebuano") →	localLanguage
Central Visayas ("Cebuano") → Filipino →	majorLanguage
Soccsksargen ("Cebuano") →	containsEthnolinguisticGroup
Sultan Kudarat ("Cebuano") →	hasEthnicGroups
Austronesian alignment ("Cebuano") →	hasExampleLanguage
Austronesian languages ("Cebuano language group") →	hasSubfamily
Greater Central Philippine languages ("Cebuano") →	includesMajorLanguage
Proto-Austronesian ("Cebuano") →	isAncestorOf
Sinulog Festival ("Cebuano") →	languageOfSlogan
Carlos P. Garcia ("Cebuano") →	languageOfWorkOrName
Sergio Osmeña ("Cebuano") →	languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned
Caraga ("Cebuano") →	languageUsed
Caraga ("Cebuano") →	majorityLanguage
Sergio Osmeña ("Cebuano") →	nativeLanguage
Greater Central Philippine languages ("Cebuano") →	notableLanguage
Cebu ("Cebuano") →	officialLanguage
Cebuano people →	primaryLanguage
Northern Mindanao ("Cebuano") →	spokenLanguage
Cebuano people →	usesLanguageAsIdentityMarker