The Philippine language is called Tagalog
I live here in Davao and we widely speak in Cebuano/Bisaya, but we can also understand and speak Tagalog. Is this the same in the Tagalog regions?
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No they cannot.
Unless they have studied Bisaya or learned it from someone who can teach them, like if their parents were from Visayas or Mindanao and they could speak Bisaya, then I am sure that their children would be able to speak it, or at least understand it, if their parents talk to them in Bisaya at home.
Bisaya was suppose to be the main language of the Philippines, since Cebu was the old capital of the Philippines. But since the first president was a Tagalog, the tagalog langauge became it, and Manila became the capital.
But anyways I am happy that it went like that, because we can talk in Bisaya and they wouldn’t be able to understand us lol.
My uncle also, he married my aunt, she’s Cebuana, and he is from Manila. When they married and was their first time living together in Cebu, my uncle in law couldn’t speak Bisaya haha.
But now he’s really good lol. I think it only took him a year or two. In Cebu, if you speak Tagalog or English you get laughed on, like in most Bisaya speaker lands.
But he was never laughed by my family or any other fellow Cebuanos, but from other Tagalog speakers who speak Tagalog in Cebu, they are not so fortunate.
But one of the unique thing about the Philippines is, we have so much cultures that differenate from each other. We have so many dialects along with that, but we are able to communicate with each other through the Tagalog language, which is our official language.
Kind of interesting noh? China can’t even do that… lol… If you go to some parts of China, they wouldn’t be able to understand you, if you spoke to them in Mandarin.
Some. Not all. I can understand a couple.
People here in the Tagalog regions aren’t that fluent in Cebuano/Bisaya. In fact, only a few are. As for me, I know only a few words in Bisaya.
tagalog is spoken throughout the archipelago because it is the national language of the Philippines.While Cebuano/Bisaya is not. Tagalog being the national language is taught in the majority of schools in the Philippines, while cebuano/Bisaya can only be heard in the cebuano speaking parts of Visayas and mindanao. I grew up in Samar, which is part of the Visayas, but we speak waray, and can speak tagalog as well because on the instruction given by the schools.
Tagalog is our national language so it is a must that schools here in our country to teach this and for all Filipinos to speak (or at least knows how to speak) Tagalog.
Some people in the Tagalog Region can understand/speak Bisaya because it’s either they came from Visayas or someone taught them how to speak the dialect.
Generally no. But if you go to Metro Manila, chances are you’ll find someone who does understand Cebuano/Bisaya. But that’s due to the fact that a lot of people from the Visayas and Mindanao have migrated to Manila in search of jobs and better opportunities. Some parts of Cavite for example are populated by Bisayas who have bought homes in that area while working in Manila. Pasay City also has a large population of Bisayas who work at the numerous business establishments there, especially the red light districts.
no they dont, only a few does when they learned it from others or from transferring to visaya…those who speak it fluently are native visayans who either transferred and live in tagalog regions or married one..for me i learned a few words when i studied in Manila ..some even taught you nasty words and jokes which is really funny