I’d like to learn a Filipino dialect, which one would you recommend?
I'm fluent in Tagalog; however, I am also interested in other Filipino dialects. Which one would be the most practical and useful to learn next to Tagalog?
Not my usual Q's, but I'm dead serious about this and I'm up for the task. lol =)
@ Denixce P. Vanity
Yes there are. Though a suggestion would've sufficed =)
@ Bondying:
Nicoleta, is that you?
or GRO? lol
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Cebuano of course, the language claims to have many speakers after English and Tagalog. This is widely spoken in the Central Visayas islands, a region that includes the provinces of Cebu, Bohol, Leyte, Southern Leyte and Negros Oriental.
A big part of Mindanao also speak Cebuano the fact that most of the residents there trace their roots to Central Visayas.
Cebuano or any visayan dialect
Leah is right, Cebuano..
tagalog and cebueno
both of them are the most spoken dialects in the philippines and a majority if not all of filipinos speak it
Visayan would be your best choice !
I would have said Tagalog is the most useful one to learn, but since you already speak it, the next obvious choice would be Cebuano (Bisaya). It is spoken by around 25% of the country and can be used in a wide area from the Visayas all the way down to Mindanao. After Tagalog, Bisaya is definitely the right choice.
You can choose to any of these two dialects:
For practical reasons, right?
If most of your friends and relatives are living in the Northern part of Luzon, take the Ilokano dialect.
Or
As everybody recommend, the Cebuano.
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there’s lots of filipino dialects to choose from you know,
If I were to learn another dialect I would choose Waray.
Why?
You are already fluent in Tagalog. When you want to travel around the islands, you would want to be able to communicate better.
Cebuanos generally understand Tagalog, so you will get by.
Ilocanos understand Tagalog and, failing that, you will actually get by in the English language. I remember I once asked an old farmer for direction and he answered me in English!
Ilonggos also generally understand Tagalog.
Yet, my travels in Samar and Leyte made me realize that their dialect is so interesting and, with a lot of people I met, I felt like I would be better understood if I spoke their dialect. And Leyet/Samar are less traveled regions that I want to explore and visit more often.
In Mindanao, Tagalog is also widely understood.
Begging the pardon of Cebuanos. I have learned a little of your beautiful language, but I thought I need to learn Waray more than Cebuano in the interest of my travels.
I’d recommend you learn Akeanon dialect.
Why? Simple, if you are beach lover.. everytime you go to Boracay Island speak akeanon and viola! you pay 25 pesos only for boat fare..
=)
It depends on what your priorities are.
If you want an exotic and quite melodious language, then I would choose Ivatan. Closer to the languages of Taiwanese aborigines than to Filipinos, Ivatan is very exotic and just listening to them speak is so relaxing.
If you want practicality, and you come from southern Philippines (Visayas or Mindanao), then choose Cebuano. It is the most spoken language in the Philippines and when Visayans hear you speaking Cebuano, they will give you discounts and freebies when buying from their stores. If you come from Northern Philippines, then choose Ilocano. It is the lingua franca of all tribes of Northern Luzon, and with Ilocano, you can converse with some of the hilltribes of the Cordillera Mountains.
If you want an easy task, choose Pampangan. A lot of words and grammatical structure of Pampangan are similar to Tagalog. This is the mother language of the current Philippine president Gloria Arroyo.
If you want to learn a unique language, then choose Chabakano. With your knowledge of Tagalog, this will be easy learn. Chabakano is a Pidgin Language with a mixture of Tagalog (with some Cebuano) and Spanish. Learning Chabakano can also make learning Spanish quite easy.
And by the way, the 170 "dialects" of the Philippines are more properly referred to as languages. The 170 languages of the Philippines (e.g., Cebuano and Tagalog) are as different to each other as French is to Spanish.
The sweetest, most pleasing (yeah, like music to your ears!) language of them all – ILONGGO (or more correctly, Hiligaynon).
"Kalu-oy sang Diyos sa tanan subong na Semana sang Pagkabuhi." May God bless us all this Holy Week.
Happy Easter, Marie.
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Aha! CEBUANO!!!!!!!! Do you know Cebuano has the 2nd most number of spanish words next to Chibacano (Zamboanga)?
Do you know that Cebuanos barely understand and speak tagalog?
Do you know that when Cebuano speaks they speak like they are angry?
Do you know that Cebuano is likely understood by people in Visayas and Mindanao?
AKEANON/AKLANON language!!!
it’s easy to learn but, the pronunciation of several words are difficult to learn (proven and testified by those who tried). you have to spend years in order to master the pronunciation (they say). so if you want CHALLENGES, come to the beautiful Aklan and strive to learn! our dialect/language is only available at our beloved province.
-being a little biased cause im one. GO AKLAN!!!
90% in Mindanao speak Cebuano language. Most of Mindanao people are cebuano thanks.
Heavy migration tn Mindanao of people from Cebu and Dumaguete ect in 1940’s,spurred by government-sponsored resettlement programmes, is the reason why 90% of Mindanao people speak the Cebuano language. Also Ilongo people from Panay Negros islands who speak hiligaynon migrated in Mindanao and the most of them settled in Pigkawayan and Midsayap North Cotabato areas.
CEBUANO LANGUAGE.
Cebuano is a language not a dialect. Dialect is regional form of speech. Dialect of Cebuano language,boholano,cagayanon ect.
Most of people in Mindanao are Cebuano or 90% speak Cebuano language.