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Caluyanon
Caluyanon
The speakers of this language are found on the Caluya Islands of Antique Province in the Western Visayas Region. Many Caluyanon speakers use Hiligaynon as their second language.
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Published at 2018-03-01 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Communities, Culture, Documentary
Tags: Hiligaynon, language
Top 10 Languages Used in the Philippines
Top 10 Languages Used in the Philippines
I used to think that the only language we have here in the Philippines is Filipino. It may be our national language, but there are actually more languages here in our country than we know. Because there are more than seven thousand islands in the Philippines, it is no wonder why we have many languages which most of us consider as dialects. There is a difference between dialect and language, though. According to Dictionary.com, a language is used by people who are of the same community or nation.
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Published at 2018-01-04 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Culture, Documentary, Society
Tags: Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Tagalog
Hiligaynon Literature
Hiligaynon Literature
Hiligaynon is the lingua franca of the West Visayas in Central Philippines. Politically labeled Region 6, West Visayas is composed of the provinces of Iloilo, Capiz, Antique and Aklan on the island of Panay; Negros Occidental, the western half of the island of Negros; and the new island-province of Guimaras which used to be a sub-province of Iloilo.
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Published at 2017-12-25 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Culture, Documentary
Tags: Hiligaynon, Literature, language