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.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Cebuano	198
Cebuano language canonical	36
Boholano Cebuano	6
Standard Cebuano	5
Urban Cebuano	3
Davaoeño Cebuano	2
Bisaya (Cebuano)	1
Cebuano language group	1
Leyteño Cebuano	1
Northern Cebuano	1
Siquijodnon Cebuano	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T59618 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cebuano language
Context triple: [Filipino, majorLanguage, Cebuano language]

A. Tagalog
Tagalog is an Austronesian language primarily spoken in the Philippines and serves as the basis for the country’s national language, Filipino.
B. Filipino
Filipinos are a Southeast Asian ethnolinguistic group native to the Philippines, known for their diverse Austronesian, Spanish, American, and Chinese cultural influences and a global diaspora.
C. Sranan Tongo
Sranan Tongo is an English- and Dutch-influenced creole language originating in Suriname, widely used as a lingua franca among its diverse ethnic communities.
D. Solomon Islands Pijin
Solomon Islands Pijin is an English-based creole language widely used as a lingua franca across the Solomon Islands.
E. Baybayin
Baybayin is an ancient pre-colonial Philippine script used to write several native languages before the widespread adoption of the Latin alphabet.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

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

A. Tagalog
Tagalog is an Austronesian language primarily spoken in the Philippines and serves as the basis for the country’s national language, Filipino.
B. Filipino
Filipinos are a Southeast Asian ethnolinguistic group native to the Philippines, known for their diverse Austronesian, Spanish, American, and Chinese cultural influences and a global diaspora.
C. Sranan Tongo
Sranan Tongo is an English- and Dutch-influenced creole language originating in Suriname, widely used as a lingua franca among its diverse ethnic communities.
D. Solomon Islands Pijin
Solomon Islands Pijin is an English-based creole language widely used as a lingua franca across the Solomon Islands.
E. Baybayin
Baybayin is an ancient pre-colonial Philippine script used to write several native languages before the widespread adoption of the Latin alphabet.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language ⓘ Bisayan language ⓘ Philippine language ⓘ
alignmentType	Austronesian alignment ⓘ
alternativeName	Binisaya ⓘ Binisaya ⓘ surface form: Bisaya Cebuano language ⓘ surface form: Cebuano
basicWordOrder	verb–subject–object ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Hiligaynon language ⓘ Waray language ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
glottocode	cebu1242 ⓘ
hasCaseMarking	focus/voice system ⓘ
hasDialect	Cebuano language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Boholano Cebuano Binisaya ⓘ surface form: Davaoeño Cebuano Leyte ⓘ surface form: Leyte Cebuano Mindanao Cebuano ⓘ Cebuano language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northern Cebuano Cebuano language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Standard Cebuano Cebuano language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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	Visayas ⓘ surface form: 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	Greater Central Philippine languages ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ