Filipino Languages Essay

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Amores, Bhenmir Moun C. Jason Lee English 105 8 March 2013 The Language From your old memories, have you ever gone to a city in the USA without a Filipino? Is there a semester or school year that you didn’t have a Filipino classmate? Was there a time when you went to downtown or the strip and you don’t see a Filipino? Well, for the most of us the chance of seeing a Filipino in the USA is micro small. In fact there are different types of Filipino with their different type of languages. The three most popular language Filipino uses in the USA are Tagalog, Ilocano, and Cebuano. Tagalog is the most used language in the Philippines. In fact, once you can speak and understand Tagalog, there is no way you won’t have a clear conversation with a Filipino. Actually, many understand that Tagalog is the national language of the Philippines, but the national language of the Philippines is Filipino. I know it sounded weird, but yes they are nationalized Filipino and call their national language a Filipino. The majority of the Filipino immigrants here in the USA can speak Tagalog. You can distinguish the Tagalog language from its smooth transition within conversation but it has prolongation of its first to three words in whatever they say. So, if you’re planning to visit the Philippines, it is advisable to understand and speak some of its common words. The Ilocano language is no doubt the most used Filipino language in the USA. Ilocano is the language used in Ilocos provinces and some certain parts in the Philippines, but most of them are in the northern side of the Philippines. It is known for its hard dictation and it momently pauses after every word. In contrast with Tagalog, the Ilocano prolongs its last words in a conversation. It can be very hard to learn, speak, and understand Ilocano. Let’s put it this way: when an Ilocano talks, most likely you can put a punctuation
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