How does tagalog (Philippines National Language) sounds like to you? (train, speak)
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I think it sounds very nice I don't really like most Asian languages because they sound too "choppy" and robotic in a way, devoid of emotion. Chinese people sound like they're always angry and impatient, for example. But I do like Tagalog and Japanese because these languages are more "flowing" and sound more similar to an Indo-European language.
Tagalog is a blend of Malay and Spanish. Does Hawaiian have Spanish words too ? Because tagalog has 4,000 Spanish words.
Influence on the languages of the Philippines
There are approximately 4,000 Spanish words in Tagalog (between 20% and 33% of Tagalog words),and around 6,000 Spanish words in Visayan and other Philippine languages. The Spanish counting system, calendar, time, etc. are still in use with slight modifications.
Oh I see. Filipino language has a lot of Spanish words. Most younger Filipinos are not even aware that a lot of words they use in their everyday living are Spanish, they think they're using Filipino words or they think they are using English words that have become Filipinized. I am familiar of almost all of the Filipino words that are originally Spanish since I lived in Europe for 10 years and family is Spanish oriented.
Filipino language doesn't have the Spanish Pronouns, prepositions etc.
Filipino language cannot be complete without a Spanish word in the middle or at the end.
Modern Filipinos are replacing the Spanish words with English words ex. are some words ( these are just few words as examples.
Trabajo -- work
sapatos--- shoes
Pantalon--- pants
Queso---- Cheese
Toalla---- Towel
Medias--- socks
Cinturon--- belt
Cuchara--- spoon
Tenedor--- fork
Cuchillo--- knife
Plato---Plate
Palito----toothpick
Espejo---mirror
Tocador--- dresser
Eroplano--- plane
Escuela---school
Mesa--- table
Algodon-- cotton
Telefono/telepono--- phone
Nobia/ Nobio-- girlfriend/boyfriend
Amiga/Amigo---friend
And even replacing the days of the week and hours in English. But the simple/poor people still use the Spanish words.
Article 1: Excerpts from the article "The vibrancy of Filipino as a language" by ROMY CAYABYAB
The Filipino language consists of words integrated from the various Philippine dialects as well as from foreign languages.
For example, consider the following figures based on Mr. Renato Perdon's
"The Making of a National Language":
A big percentage of the entries in the official Filipino dictionary issued in 1991 by the Commission on Filipino Language were foreign loan words. Specifically, Spanish words account for (5,210) words followed by English (1,907), Chinese (232), Malay (176 words), Latin (70), French (46), Sanskrit (29), Arabic (28), German (25), Mexican (20), and Japanese (13).
There are also 7 words each from the Indonesian and Italian languages, 2 words each from the Argentinian, Australian, Hawaiian, Javanese and Swish languages. One word each came from Aztec, Czechoslovakian, Finish, Greek, India, and Russian languages.
About 55% of the words integrated into Filipino comes from the major dialects in the Philippines, namely: Bicol (301 words), Cebuano (526 words), Hiligaynon (564 words), Ilocano (122 words), Kapampangan (51 words), Pangasinan (82 words), Old Tagalog / Tagalog (8,463 words), and Samar-Leyte (459 words).
There are also 328 Tausug words, 222 words from the Maranao dialect, 99 words from Maguindanao, 23 words from Samal, 16 words from the Tingian, 12 words from Isneg and another 12 words from Tagbanua.
Article # 2: Books on the Spanish loan-words or borrowings used in the Filipino languages:
The noted Spanish linguist, Antonio Quilis asserts that the two major Filipino languages, Visaya and Tagalog, has a Spanish content of at least 20% while other sources including the Spanish newspaper "El Pais" estimates the Spanish word content of Visayas and Tagalog at 25% .http://filipinokastila.tripod.com/hispani.html .
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