Comments on: If I was to learn a Filipino dialect, what should I learn?

By: Iris

Iris — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:38:37 +0000

learn bisaya and tagalog. Tagalog is the national dialect so when you go anywhere in the Phil everyone speaks and understand tagalog so it wont be a problem for you. As for bisaya, a bisaya person can talk bad things about you without u knowing it because u dont understand. Bisaya people tend to hang out with the same group. They have different jokes compare to the tagalog people and they also have different style. Learn both but if you have to choose one id say tagalog.

By: kokey14

kokey14 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:38:37 +0000

Of course you should learn tagalog, because it is the major dialect of the country.

In Mindanao and Cebu are Visaya, so learn also visaya.

Im actually a Capampangan, you know that?

By: James0830

James0830 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:38:37 +0000

You should better start with the Filipino national language which is almost 99% made of Tagalog dialect because almost all Filipino speak it from Luzon to Mindanao. If you are fluent with it already, you can easily communicate with everyone in the Philippines. Then learn next of the Visayan dialect because of of the words have similarity with Tagalog.

By: J.C.'s daughter

J.C.'s daughter — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:38:37 +0000

ask your mom and your relatives of on mom’ side to teach you….

you can also buy tagalog-english dictionary or better yet google it!

By: achiles30

achiles30 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:38:37 +0000

learn them all

By: phils_skorea

phils_skorea — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:38:37 +0000

… you should learn TAGALOG because it is the most used dialect in our country, after you have learned TAGALOG then you can now step into another language that you like to learn.

By: lester

lester — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:38:37 +0000

i recommend not to learn bisaya because bisaya are always talkative even you watch wowowee you will see there

By: paolylo

paolylo — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:38:37 +0000

pretty rhetoric if you ask me.

learn Bisaya because your mom speaks Bisaya and Tagalog because everyone in the country understands Tagalog thanks to local television.

By: Abe Recile

Abe Recile — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:38:37 +0000

I recommend that you learn Ilocano (sp?) if you go into the rural parts of The Philippines & Tagalog if you’re in da city=) cuz most Filipinos speak Tagalog!!!

By: Benjamin C

Benjamin C — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:38:37 +0000

If you are planning for a trip to Cebu and Mindanao, then Visayan is the dialect you should learn.