Cebuano (Bisaya) language resources – Language Links Database
Cebuano – referred to by most of its speakers as Binisaya (or Visayan in English), is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 20 million people, mostly in the Central Visayas, most of whom belong to the Bisaya ethnic group. It is the most widely spoken of the languages within the so-named Bisayan subgroup and is closely related to other Filipino languages.
More information: Wikipedia
Native speakers: 21 million (2007), 2nd-most-spoken language in the Philippines
Native to: Philippines
Cebuano Grammar and Pronunciation
- Bisaya.com - a website about Cebuano (language). It contains the following categories
- LanguageLinks - Cebuano Lessons and Phrases
- Quod.lib - a Cebuano Grammar (in Spanish)
- Learn101 - “All the lessons contain audio and are all offered for free. We will learn the alphabet together. We will also review some simple grammar rules, practice common phrases, and we will have fun memorizing many important vocabulary lists, and everything else that you see below.”
- MyLanguages - audio lessons
- ILanguages - this site is designed to teach you and help you learn Cebuano for free through vocabulary, phrases, grammar and flashcards (vocabulary trainer)
- WayBlima.com - a Crash Course In Colloquial Cebuano
- Cebuwebsite - Learning Conversational Cebuano
- Visaya-Language - a Blog About Cebuano
- LiveLingua - Peace Corps Cebuano Course
Digitized Grammar Books
- Cebuano Study Notes - an E-book which covers all the major parts of speech: nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, verbs, pseudoverbs, etc. Includes information on phonemes, accents, morphological processes, and regional dialects.
- 8 e-books about Cebuano – Grammar, Vocabulary, Lessons
- A grammar book on the Cebuano language written in Cebuano by a native speaker
Cebuano Vocabulary
- WikiTravel - a Phrasebook
- DigitalDialects - Language Learning Games
- Bohol.ph - a Phrasebook
Cebuano Reading Materials
- AbyzNewsLinks - A List of 4 Cebuano Newspapers
- Sunstar - A Cebuano Newspaper
- Wikipedia - A Cebuano Wikipedia
Cebuano Dictionaries
- http://www.languagelinks.org/index.html
- http://www.jonsay.co.uk/
- http://www.freelang.net/dictionary/
- http://cebuano.pinoydictionary.com/
- http://seapdatapapers.library.cornell.edu/
Cebuano Listening and Video Resources
PODCASTS / AUDIOBOOKS
- Forvo - Pronunciation of over 350 words
TV / VIDEO / MOVIES
RADIO
- BisayaRadio - a Cebuano Radio station
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