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[kev_n_jena 89]

I'm curious, would people be interested in sharing where in The Philippines they immigrated from and what language is native for them?

Jena is from Northern Samar and was raised speaking Waray. She is also fluent in Tagalog, Bisayan, and English.

The following is from Wikipedia

The Philippines

According to Ethnologue, a total of 171 native languages are spoken in the country. Except for English, Spanish, Hokkien, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Chabacano, all of the languages belong to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family.

There are 13 native languages with at least one million native speakers: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilokano, Hiligaynon, Waray-Waray, Kapampangan, Bikol, Pangasinan, Maranao, Maguindanao, Kinaray-a, and Tausug. One or more of these is spoken natively by more than 90% of the population.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_Philippines

[Jasman0717 9]

Claudeth is from Cagayan on Mindanao and is fluent Bisayan, Tagalog and English. Oh, she spend almost two years in Germany and can also communite in German but isn't real good.

Edited October 26, 2007 by jasman0717

[spidergirl 0]

I was born in Iloilo (Western Visayas) so i speak " Kinaray-a" and "Hiligaynon". When i was 16 we moved to Koronadal (Mindanao) and this City is composed of diffirent kind of people from other provinces of the Philippines, they speak different dialects too, so from there i learned to speak "Ilokano", "Kapampangan" and "Bisaya". I speak Tagalog too which is the our National Language and English.

[kev_n_jena 89]

I was born in Iloilo (Western Visayas) so i speak " Kinaray-a" and "Hiligaynon". When i was 16 we moved to Koronadal (Mindanao) and this City is composed of diffirent kind of people from other provinces of the Philippines, they speak different dialects too, so from there i learned to speak "Ilokano", "Kapampangan" and "Bisaya". I speak Tagalog too which is the our National Language and English.

Wow, THANKS FOR THE REPLY! That is the kind of reply I was hoping for! The difference in The Philippines languages is fascinating to me.

Kevin and Jena

[chris4gretchen 1]

Gretchen was born in Davao on Mindinao and speaks Bisayan, Tagalog and English.

Chris

[jom 4]

Myla speaks Bisayan,tagalog, spanish and english and a little bit of bahasa ( malaysia) . She is from Dipolog City (Mindanao)

[spidergirl 0]

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[rogail 2]

Ailene is from Surigao City, on Mindanao, and she speaks Visaya, Tagalog, and English...

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Im sorry, im trying to post some example of words that have different meaning in other dialect

Edited October 26, 2007 by spidergirl

[David-Rhosie 0]

Rhosie is from Tukuran(close to Pagadian City) in Mindanao and speaks Cebuano, Tagalog, and English. Even speaks a bit of Spanish (more than me)

[Sheriff Uling 3]

I was born in Iloilo (Western Visayas) so i speak " Kinaray-a" and "Hiligaynon". When i was 16 we moved to Koronadal (Mindanao) and this City is composed of diffirent kind of people from other provinces of the Philippines, they speak different dialects too, so from there i learned to speak "Ilokano", "Kapampangan" and "Bisaya". I speak Tagalog too which is the our National Language and English.

What about German, Russian, or Polish? Goodness! You sure know a lot of dialects...

[AUREA 0]

i'M A wARAY-wARAY. I was born in Eastern Samar. I know how to speak Waray, English and Tagalog. I can't talk Bisaya but i understand it. Samar has different waray dialects with different tones, intonations and some words. My father came from San Jose Northern Samar(near Catarman). THat's why I could speak Northen Samar's waray dialect fluently...

[TinTin and Samby 11]

TinTin is from Eastern Samar. She speaks Waray, Tagalog and English. She also has done some studying of Japanese at the University, but hasn't had an opportunity to utilize it much.

-Samby