Two new NLSC members add Cebuano and Drents to the list of languages we can now offer to government agencies who need them for sudden, short term assignments.
Cebuano is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines. Estimates of the number of people who speak Cebuano range from 14.6 million (Britannica.com) to 20 million (Wikipedia) . According to Wikipedia, it is the most widely spoken member of the Visayan language and is related to Malaysian, Indonesian, Ilongo and Waray languages. It has the largest speaking population of the Philippines despite not being taught formally in schools and universities.
The language is also known as Sebuano or Sugbuhanon.
According to Omniglot, “Cebuano started to appear in writing during the early part of 18th century under influence from Spanish missionaries. As a result of Spanish influence, Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.”
Drents (also known as Drèents, Dreins, Dreints, and Drints) is a collective term for the dialects spoken in Drenthe, a province of the Netherlands.
According to Wikipedia, over half the population of Drenthe speaks the Drents language. Each town or village has its own version. All versions are part of the Low Saxon language group, which collectively have been officially recognised by the Dutch government as a regional language and is protected by the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
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