Cebuano linguistic data

Word order, tone, gender count, case marking, adposition direction, syllable structure, consonant inventory traits, vowel system, morphological alignment (Philippine voice system), script, register stratification, speaker count, and geographic area. Each row is one feature with Cebuano's value visible; you can add other languages to read the same feature side by side.

Typological features are merged from URIEL+ (Mortensen et al.) and a curated set authored against descriptive grammars. Speaker counts come from Ethnologue and Glottolog. Geographic area is computed from the Asher 2007 world language atlas. Similarity scores combine genetic distance, typological overlap, and lexical-borrowing data.

No. Cebuano and Tagalog are both Philippine Austronesian languages with shared structure (predicate-initial, voice/focus system) and a chunk of cognate vocabulary, but they're not mutually intelligible. Cebuano speakers understand Tagalog because Tagalog/Filipino is the national language and ubiquitous in media, but Tagalog speakers without Cebuano exposure can't follow Cebuano.

Primarily across the central and southern Philippines: Cebu (the historical center), Bohol, Negros Oriental, Siquijor, Leyte, Samar, and large parts of Mindanao (Davao, Cagayan de Oro, and elsewhere). Cebuano speakers slightly outnumber Tagalog speakers in the Philippines as a whole, though Tagalog is the basis of the national standard Filipino.

All three are Philippine Austronesian languages with shared voice/focus system, predicate-initial order, and core typology, plus extensive cognate vocabulary. Cebuano is closer to Hiligaynon (both Visayan sub-branch) than to Tagalog. The factor breakdown chip on the row tells you which dimensions contributed most.