Cebuano (/sɛˈbwɑːnoʊ/), also referred to by most of its speakers simply and generically as Bisaya or Binisaya (translated into English as Visayan, though this should not be confused with other Bisayan languages), is an Austronesian language, spoken in the southern Philippines.

There are 7,000 languages in the world. Learn at least a few of them.

Really, there’s no exact difference between languages and dialects. In some writing, you might see that people say dialects are just spoken, whereas languages include both written and spoken aspects, but for linguists, they’re pretty much the same. Languages are just self-important dialects.

A dialect is generally a particular form of a language which is specific to a region or social group and usually has differences in pronunciation, grammar, syntax and vocabulary. It’s still a bit fuzzy to understand because dialects can be spoken by people living in one particular town or by a whole nation.

Selected list of articles on dialects

• Varieties of Arabic.
• Bengali dialects.
• Catalan dialects.
• Varieties of Chinese.
• Cypriot Greek.
• Cypriot Turkish.
• Danish dialects.
• Dutch dialects.

When tallied according to number of native speakers only, these are the most spoken languages in the world.

1. Chinese — 1.3 Billion Native Speakers.
2. Spanish — 471 Million Native Speakers.
3. English — 370 Million Native Speakers.
4. Hindi — 342 Million Native Speakers.
5. Arabic — 315 Million Native Speakers.

Noam Chomsky

Bengali

James I of England (VI of Scotland) spoke fluent Gaelic as well as English during his reign (1603-1625). William III (reigned 1689 –1702), also known as William of Orange, was a native Dutch speaker when he came to the English throne.

Henry IV