Tagalog is the primary Filippino language used as their national language. Its mainly spoken in the North island. Other parts of the Philippine islands speak local dialects and resist learning the northern island language. They also learn English. I remember a filippino guy on a flight claiming that their nation was the second largest population in the world that also spoke English. This was back about 30 or 40 years ago. There are something like 5000 islands in the Philippines and almost as many languages. My first wife grew up over there in the central Vasayan islands and spoke Kinerian, Illongo, Vasayian, English, and studied Tagalog but hated it as was the local custom.
Most California ballots I have seen in Santa Clara typically have Korean, Japanese, Mandarian, Cantonese, Indian, Thai, Malaysian, Russian, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Jewish, and a bunch of others that I don't remember.
God Bless the multicultural bay area, hope it stays there, and all learn how to speak like native Californians. |
