What language is spoken in Zamboanga, in the Philippines?
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Spanish Creole, Chavacano, is still spoken today in Zamboanga. “their primary language called Bisaya and their long-standing Spanish creole dialect we will refer to as Visayan Chavacano (VC). http://www.zamboanga.com/html/history_Chavacano_de_Zamboanga.htm The Philippines is a country of remarkable linguistic diversity. There are over ninety languages spoken in the country, but only seven are considered important and have an extensive written literature and history. These are (in order of the number of speakers) Cebuano, Tagalog, Ilocano (Iloko), Hiligaynon (Ilongo), Bikol, Waray Waray (Samar-Leyte Bisaya), Pampango (Kapampangan), and Pangasinan. All the languages of the archipelago are Western Austronesian of the Philippine type except the languages left behind by colonization: English, Spanish, and the language of a powerful merchant class, Hokkien Chinese. A Spanish Creole, Chavacano, is still spoken today in Zamboanga, Mindanao, and to a lesser extent in Cavite City. http://iloko.tripod.com/Ilocano.html
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According to the 2000 Population Census of the Philippines (www.census.gov.ph), Cebuano (also known as Bisaya) is the dominant language in the entire Zamboanga Peninsula, a region with about 2 and a half million people. In Zamboanga City, the biggest city in the region with more than 600,000 inhabitants, Chavacano, a Spanish Creole, is spoken by about 45% of the people. Chavacano speakers constitute the largest language group in Zamboanga City. Cebuano/Bisaya is spoken by about 19% of the people in Zamboanga City. Chavacano is spoken by less than 1% of the people in Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga Sibugay, the 3 provinces in Zamboanga Peninsula. Cebuano/Bisaya is spoken by about 70% of the people in these provinces.
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Zamboangueño(Chavacano de Zamboanga) is the lingua franca of the city of Zamboanga. about 70% speaks Chavacano de Zamboanga as First Language, 80-9o% speaks Chavacano as 2nd Language in this city nad lastly, 90-100% speaks chavacano de Zamboanga as 3rd language in this City.2004 census total population of zamboanga city is 850,000. 650,000are the Zamboangueño(Chavacano de Zamboanga)Speakers.
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Zamboangueño Language(Chavacano de Zamboanga) can also be found in Basilan Province(60%speak chavacano here), Sabah,Malaysia(+/-22,000 speaks zamboangueño) nearby provines of zamboanga and the rest of mindanao. Note: is not part of any provinces neither zmbga. del norte nor del sur and sibugay. Chavacano was also one of the oldest language spoken in the whole world since 1635 in Fort Pilar,Ciudad de Zamboanga.
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Chabacano (or Zamboangueño), a Filipino-Spanish Creole spoken in Zamboanga City. http://www.tsinoy.com/article_item.php?articleid=560
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The 2000 Population Census of the Philippines says that the Chavacanos constitute 45.5% of the population of Zamboanga City. To check this census report go to www.census.gov.ph, find Census 2000 Final Counts Reports by region, province, and highly urbanized city and click on the line after Zamboanga City.
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their dialect is more of chavacano and visayan.. a combination of both..
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However, Chavacano dialect is near to extinction due to infiltration of Cebuano and English dialect, hope it resolve this problem to preserve this unique dialect and identity:)
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