Vocabulary
Cebuano is a Philippine language closely related to the languages of Malaysia, Indonesia with some Latin influences. It is also a member of the Borneo–Philippine languages. It has also been influenced by thousands of words from Spanish, such as kurus (cross), swerte ("luck"), gwapa, ("beautiful"), merkado ("market") and brilyante ("brilliant"). It has several hundred loan words from English as well by Cebuanos who were not given an opportunity to go to school, which are altered to conform to the limited phonemic inventory of Cebuano: brislit (bracelet), hayskul (high school), syápin (shopping) and dráyber (driver), nonetheless, Cebuanos are good English speakers. There are also words from other languages like Arabic like Salámat ("thanks"), ("judge") and Islamic words used in Mindanao like Imam, Syarip, dyihad and Islam and Sanskrit Mahárlika ("nobility") and Karma.
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