Only in Cebuano 0
No unique sounds
What this means for learners
Cebuano and Hiligaynon share 21 sounds — roughly 84% of Hiligaynon's inventory overlaps with Cebuano. Shared sounds are ones a speaker already knows from their native language and will generally produce and perceive accurately without explicit training.
The 4 sounds found only in Hiligaynon represent the greatest pronunciation challenge for Cebuano speakers. The adult brain tends to map unfamiliar sounds onto the closest native equivalent — a process that produces the characteristic "accent" of a second-language speaker. Learning to hear and produce these sounds as distinct requires focused ear training, not just repetition.
Phoneme inventories from PHOIBLE. Data reflects one documented inventory per language; some variation exists across dialects and sources.