Do you prefer 'Filipinas' or 'Pilipinas'?

[B01AB20]

yes you will not understand the whole meaning of Chavacano because it has mix of native language found in those areas where it was spoken.
Six different Languages have developed: Zamboangueño in Zamboanga City, Davaoeño Zamboangueño / Castellano Abakay in Davao City, Ternateño in Ternate, Cavite, Caviteño in Cavite City, Cotabateño in Cotabato City and Ermiteño in Ermita.
along with a mixture of Portuguese, Spanish and Mexican.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chavacano_language

maybe it's beautiful and all that to have so many languages, but it's not practical and social tensions will be always there, created by the 'cohabitation' of different languages in the same country/state.

[Fear Fiain]

As in a name for the country ? Filipinas. It allows for easier spelling and I am notoriously lazy.

that woman's voice is so shrill that it makes my dogs cry.

[wvwvw]

You mean the Filipinas

Opo

[simple]

maybe it's beautiful and all that to have so many languages, but it's not practical and social tensions will be always there, created by the 'cohabitation' of different languages in the same country/state.

We have 150 languages and Philippines was like a trading area of other Non-Native Filipinos, but we need 1 language for all of us to understand each other but we also have to retain our mother tongue lol. I guess it's not also easy to pick 1 national language if you have 150 languages and other Non-Native ethnic group that mixed the Filipino like Chinese, Indian, Spanish etc. that's how we got the loanwords.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...rds_in_Tagalog

But others still complaint because the national language was mostly based in Tagalog and Tagalog is not the only language spoken in the Philippines. That's the reason why they have to change and enhance the 1st choice national language that became Filipino Language but still obviously Tagalog based.


^don't know if his research is accurate but some are accurate on how they change
and enhance our language. I read Philippine languages is 150 but he said 120. In Filipino Language
they insert the additional Indigenous sound letters which is not in Pilipino or Tagalog he didn't mentioned.

[clete27]

is your native ethnic Ilocano?

yes, im half Ilocano. I find that nobody appreciate Ilocano culture or language. This girl was on the Voice Kids and sang an Ilocano song and none of the judges turned. Booo them

it's beautifully sung, but they dont understand it and they have a Tagalog bias. I hate Tagalogs btw

[simple]

yes, im half Ilocano. I find that nobody appreciate Ilocano culture or language. This girl was on the Voice Kids and sang an Ilocano song and none of the judges turned. Booo them

it's beautifully sung, but they dont understand it and they have a Tagalog bias. I hate Tagalogs btw

I actually support mother tongue music because we can preserved our own individual music but some would rather listen to it's either tagalog or English. I actually understood the song and I like it. I am partly Ilocano both of the side of the family have great grandmothers that came from Ilocos then some moved to La Union till they get to Pangasinan and my father side grandmother speak fluent Ilocano but my grandmother from mom side speak fluent pangasinense lol grandfather from dad speak only tagalog so basically I am surrounded of 3 all the time

[Maldita]

Filipinas !
I am pretty sure the Filipinos that existed 100 years ago, pronounced it Filipinas and I am sure they could pronounce " F " before. The new generation of Filipinos changed the " F " to " P " when Tagalog was promoted in all schools all over the Philippines.