Do people Speak Spanish in the Phillippines?

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smegmakid8677

Not too many people speak Spanish anymore in the Philippines. Some families with with Spanish ancestry (mostly rich families) still speak Spanish among themselves. Local languages and dialects like Tagalog and Cebuano have Spanish words. One dialect spoken in Zamboanga is Chavacano which is maybe 85% Spanish and 15% Cebuano. It sounds Spanish but conjugation is wrong and accent is different. English is more widely spoken.

A lot of Filipino names (persons, families, places) are Spanish.

nagirl4ever2000

The misconception of the Phillippine language by whole is that spanish is our at the core of our tagalog. However, that is rarely the case. Spanish is really not much at all in tagalog. Very rare would you hear a "filipino" speak "spanish-tagalog". Often it would be the olden generation rather than the "new" generation!

pingnavarro

No but we have a lot of Tagalog words copied from Spanish.
Tsinelas, sibuyas, kwarta,uno, dos tres, kwatro, singko, sais, etc..

roche_leonor

English and Filipino are the most common medium. Spanish is taught as an elective in most universities.

But if you talk to Filipinos, they will fairly understand Spanish because many words are derived from the Spanish language.

JHOANA

Speak Spanish in the Phillippines?
Owww i love to but !!!But majory is we spoke Tagalog &English sometime.

luosechi é§±å£«åŸº

No, they do not. However, there are many words in tagalog derived from Spanish.
Examples and hope to get the spelling right: Kabayo, pantalons, zapatos, kalesa etc.

This misconception is probably due to the fact that almost everyone has a Spanish name and many towns and streets also have Spanish names.

Just to throw in an interesting bit which I've discovered from listening.... Not all the time, but most of the time, they say numbers from one to 3 in Tagalog, but higher than that is usually in English or Spanish.

evasnescence

In ZAMBOANGA City (Mindanao) the major dialect is
Chavacano - the dialect is a Philippine variety of the Spanish language --- if you are spanish or speaks spanish - you can and will be understood in the place -----

in other parts of the Philippines, you might as well learn english or tagalog

NONAME

there was a time when Filipinos do... thats what 300 years of Spanish rule can do.

and only a generation ago, all students were still required to take up 4 years of Spanish in college. so there are still some Filipinos today who could understand a Spanish speaker if they speak slowly enough & if they use basic phrases.

but then that school requirement went down to 2 years of Spanish in college & then none for sometime now (or the last 20 years or so)... so today hardly anybody that doesnt speak Spanish at home would be able to speak Spanish.

but if a Spanish speaker would ever talk speak with a Filipino that speaks chavacano (a local dialect) they would understand each other.

Nelle

we all do since some spanish words were added to tagalog like:
sumbrero
silya
relo
mayor

Ray H

A very small percentage speak spanish.

lapua51

No habla espaniol..pero comprehende un puco...

Î© allan y

not too many speak spanish but there are areas that speak something similar to spanish. they call it chavacano.

Ram M

We do at home coz that's what how my grandparents and parents communicated. Same thing with our other relatives.

Some people still speak Spanish but mostly speak the native language which is Tagalog and the native dialects which I can't even start enumeration... depending on which province you're from.

The Rhino

according to studies and census, there is only around 10,000 - 15,000 speakers of the Spanish language in the Philippines which has a population of around 80 million. There are more Spanish speakers in Australia (population 21million) than there are in the Philippines. Chabacano is a Spanish creole spoken in The southern Philippines (mindanao, zamboanga etc) and Malaysian Borneo (Sabah).

and trust me, you may be an expert at tagalog but even if a Spanish person speaks slowly you wont be able to understand on any level worth recognition. At best you may be able to get the jist of what is being talked about after recognising a word or two.

all.i.need

not really cos we're not educated to learn the language.. but some family with spanish blood and are affluent they still do at home

Jerick B

we understand spanish (just speak slowly!) but we can't really speak the language. only basic spanish.

Net

I do. I'm a Filipina and it was the 1st language I learned then after came English and lastly Tagalog.

Dave Star

No habla espanol.

habibi7783

In Zamboanga we do

annazzz1966

Most speak tagalog.

Binibini

tenemos palabras del tagalogo que sean de espaÃ±ol pero la mayorÃa del filipino no habla espaÃ±ol.

trans:

we have tagalog words that are from spanish words but majority of Filipino does not speak spanish.

nena aka NENA

si...yo hablo espanol.

it is still taught in our schools so there are still some who do understand it but not really well enough to speak it fluently

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