Do Filipinos speak Spanish? | DEBUNKING MYTHS
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- The Philippines was a former Spanish colony, right? How come they don’t speak Spanish? Or do they?
My Spanish is from backpacking Latin America for 3.5 years - I literally learned from the streets. Whenever people hear me speak Spanish, they automatically assume that Filipinos can speak Spanish but I always tell them it's not the case. Here's a little deep dive about why Filipinos don't speak Spanish. If you have any facts to add, leave them in the comment box below!
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you just basically summarized a whole quarter of Aralin Panlipunan
If I were her AP teacher, I would give a perfect grade coz she has proved that she was really listening to my lectures.
lol that's too much exaggeration. Her over all presentation was good and it was comprehensive but there are some wrong information that she said that shouldn't be ignored like Ferdinand Magellan is not the one who named " Las Islas Felipinas" but rather it's Ruy Lopez de Villalobos. Second, Tagalog and Bisaya are not dialects. They are both languages that exist in the Philippines. Dialects are: Batangas Tagalog, Cavite Tagalog, Sinugbuanong Bisaya and etc. Not hating but yeah, just want to point that out.
Note: AP is history(and geography) but in the Philippines
@@justrandomthings709 To add, she should've said that we traded with the peoples or cultures from what are today the modern nations of China, Japan, and Taiwan instead of mentioning them as if they were already cohesive states. She also didn't provide more examples, but I guess she never meant the list to be exhaustive anyway.
The inaccuracy irked me (though she never did claim to be a history expert), but moreso the people thinking this is perfect.
Lmao pls 😭✋🏻🤣
Her Spanish accent affects the way she speaks Tagalog which is quite interesting
That was intentional. Sounds waay cooler yea?
If Indonesian, sounds like a bit of Dutch accent.
I'm native Spanish speaker, she has a delicious pronunciation of the S, just like in the ancient Spanish.
As a tagalog speaker who speaks Spanish and occasionally speaks Spanish more often than tagalog, the same thing happens to me. When your mouth is used to move a certain way, then you switch languages, it’s natural that one carries the intonation and accent across languages.
I find the same thing happens with English when I am surrounded by Americans, I sound more American. When I am abroad and around people who have a different accent, then my accent adjusts as well.
@@chubbygardener Filipinos tend to pronounce Spanish “the old way” in general. Decimos el _reloj_ como _relos_ en vez de _reloh._
“Almost everyone in the Philippines knows how to count in Spanish and they don’t even know it.” Omg this is so true! I was already an adult when I realized this. I remember asking myself “wait if isa, dalawa, tatlo is filipino, then uno, dos, tres is Spanish???” Yes, ladies and gentlemen, ang bobo ko po sa part na yun.
Most Spanish speakers can’t tell you how to properly say 21st, 30th, 102nd, etc in Spanish. Just to let you know 21st is not the same as veinte uno nor is 30th the same as trenta. To count properly for 1st to 9th, is as follows: primero, segundo, tercero, quatro, quinto, sesto, septo, octavo, noveno, etc. so it is incorrect when you say everyone knows how to count in Spanish when most cannot. Even my wife who is Mexican does not know how to properly say the equivalent.
😂😂 samedth.
If Philippines spoke Spanish today, I think our economy would be better and it would be equivalent to Japan's or South Korea's.
@@lilpenny1982 Japanese and South Koreans don't speak Spanish but their economy is rich. They speak their own languages.
I didnt even realise I can count in 4 language (Bisaya, Spanish, Tagalog, English) XD
We can fluently speak spanish if we have that subject since elementary until college😂😂
go to zamboanga they speak spanish
Wonder why they removed it from teaching and replaced with Filipino a.k.a Tagalog to be teached to non-Tagalogs
@@exellion2153 zamboanga speak chabacano.
@@dilmerfandino Chavacano consists of spanish words
Yeah, your government can literally hire spanish speakers to schools for students to teach them, and it's one of the best way to bring back again spanish as one of your official languages since Phillipines have a "spanish 4,000 words starterpack". I wish y'all can communicate again to hispanohablantes which basically means spanish speakers like me such as latinos like mexicanos and more.
I am Fil-American & grew up in US culture. But when I was a child, my grandmother, who was from the Visayas, spoke and sang songs to me in Spanish.
Filhispano. In the united states 60 million People speak spanish.
Me too
@@maituraray9066 mabuhay
I find it strange as kid that my great grandma spoke Bikol but cannot express excitement and anger in a any language but Spanish or as they call it Castillano. And my grandma would speak Tagalog not the way I speak it. I think I speak modern Tagalog while they speak the Tagalog of their time.
My Great grandma was born 1892
@@luburan1973 maybe it's bisaya hahahhaah
My mother said that spanish was part of the curriculum on their time but later died down when english is being widely used.
Hello from Brazil. On Philippines English is spoken in the street, or just in education system?
@@curiocurioso1740 English is adapted in conversations which resulted in Taglish - Tagalog and English. This is common practice across the Philippines where each region has its language or dialect mixed with English. When you visit the province, people will tend to talk to you in English over Filipino/Tagalog.
The education system mostly operates in English. From my experience, the Filipino language is only taught in Filipino and History subjects but I think History is now taught in English. Mother Tongue subjects (regional languages) are now included in primary schools to preserve the language. Young parents talk to their children in English. There is also a huge BPO industry here.
A common Filipino can speak English. It may not always be in good grammar but it is understandable.
@@jrayDujenio Thanks for the answer, It is difficult to me understand because in Brazil we speak just one language, Portuguese.
@@curiocurioso1740 most of our subjects in school are written in English. We only have one subject in our own language mostly, Filipino, but the rest are all English.
With the language part, we have over 100 dialects in the country.
@@LupinLupinLupin thanks for the answer, I watched a video about the history of Philippines, looks fascinating.
After studying Spanish language in all years of high school and all years of college, I learnt Spanish when I immigrated to California and attended further schooling and earned A’s in Spanish, outpacing my Latino classmates who spoke Spanish at home and on the street. I think it helped me that I was bilingual and had an inkling of structural analysis. Now Spanish is beneficial to me in my present job.
I also noticed that Filipinos spell words in a phonetic way kind of like how Jamaicans do. It differs from the original Spanish words but usually means the same thing
Mabuhay
my dad always told me he spoke fluent Spanish when he was in school, and when we went to Cuba for vacation it all came back to him. he really mixed it up with the locals it was so awesome to see
What a cool thing!!
Very cool.
As a filipino, The filipinos counting in spanish is really true.
yes if you are in vismin...not, if you are tagalog...hahaha
@@laoaisymu8771 I am Tagalog but I count in Spanish too. What you said is not actually true.
@@jasonbautista6661 ay tanga! ang sinasabi ko normal na counting hindi ka mag count ng spanish! tanga!!!! katulad ng NORMAL mo na 100...diba isang daan? samin sa bisaya sien..at sa inyo ang 500 ay limang daan sa amin ay quenientos.....oh ang pinag uusapan ay ang pag bilang ng tagalog at bisayas...wala ako pakialam kung nagbibilang ka ng spanish TANGA
@@laoaisymu8771 and I also speak in Spanish fluently dahil yan sa trabaho ko.
@@laoaisymu8771 what?
Usa
Duha
Tulo
Upat
Lima
Unom
Pito
Walo
Siyam
Pulo
Sadly, the Spanish Language is no longer part of academic education unlike before. I want to learn how to speak Spanish like before. On the other hand, English is also essential in communicating with other people nowadays and also Spanish. I think if Filipinos also know how to speak Spanish fluently, many opportunities will open to them especially in Spain or in Latin America.
Speaking English has an advantage and I think also speaking Spanish because this language has a very huge advantage in communicating with other people or in entering every opportunity that countries speaking the same language has to offer.
I learned Spanish as an adult and it's true that it opens a lot of opportunities. I work in the BPO industry and the pay is very good for Spanish-speakers. ♥️
@@whapakkouch2132 that's great!!
@@stephany6417 I AGREE!!! hope that Korean will replaced again by Spanish language or subject, cause its our "second" or primary language during the Spanish Era, as well as English during American Era. Truly its in the past and we should all move on from that, because if people will argue about it how about English brought by the Americans that made us fluent in it.... And gave Filipinos more opportunities in the US, UK or in Canada.
My god I hope you can learn the language of your hispanic brothers.
I have some friends from Filipines and its astonishing what they tell me about your country...I hope to visit it and learn more about the history we share and was destroyed . I hope we could rebuild a lot of things from the past, improve, and help the filipines to be a rich country!
Espero que algún día puedas hablar este maravilloso idioma, ven a España y latinoamérica, te esperamos con los brazos abiertos y sigue creciendo!
It's amazing that even you speak back in Filipino it really still sounds like your speaking Spanish because of your unique accent
She is Bisaya I think. Bisaya accent was like speaking spanish.
Filipino and Spanish have similar pronunciation, that’s why Spanish blends in so well with Filipino, you don’t even notice you’re speaking Spanish and Tagalog. Unlike English which has a totally different sound so it doesn’t flow in as well
Napamana ng American sa atin ang english which is very useful for us filipinos but how I wish sana marunong din tayo magspanish.
Uhm. Uno dos tres, gracias,denada. Swiper no swiping. Ahahahaha
Mi habla y entiendiere Español Ámerica Latina y Castellano.
@@FanOfMinatozakiSana HAHHAHAHHAHAHA
Pero, Siyempre, Kabayo, Aparador, etc. we have so many loan words from Spanish :)
I agree sobrang mabilis pa naman matuto ng pinoy. Edi sana pag miss universe naintindihan natin mga sinasabi ng mga latina
According to my Mom, they had a Spanish subject before and it was mandatory but they didn’t really pay attention to it because they felt like they cannot use it further. But here I am now, a 22 year old ... trying very hard to learn the language haha. I’m proud to say that I can speak and understand it now (tho not that fluent). I wanted to learn this language because I feel like it is an important part of our identity. Hopefully one day, I can speak as fluent as you are. Gracias por esto video, Señora ❤️ Dios te bendiga.
Soy filipino aquí en Palawan, vamos a recuperarla la lengua castellana.
Pre-Edsa 1 Filipinos do still understand Spanish.
Pre-World War Filipinos still are fluent in Spanish.
Identity mo Spanish? Ganun? Day, kung buhay si Rizal baka nasampal ka. Kung ako naman nasa harapan mo ngayon, baka nasampal kita ng isang kilong isda at duduraan pa kita! In-love ka ba sa mga mananakop? Pinagaralan mo ba ang history ng Filipinas? Mukhang hindi, alam mo lang bumukaka!
@@PeterParker-hf8ok Your comment is too much, i hope you realize that. Please don’t use Rizal if you don’t know the story. He wanted reform, not independence. You don’t know me so please stop assuming. Anyways, I hope you have a good day.
@@PeterParker-hf8ok Si Rizal marunong magsalita ng ibat ibang mga wika at tingin ko ikaw ay katoliko tapos nakakapagsalita ka ng Tagalog may halong Espanol na mga salita.
Spanish used to be the lingua franca and thus was part of the school curriculum. My mom said she learned Spanish in Uni. Of course the lingua franca now is English.
By the look of you, you have a lot of spanish ancestry.
@@antoinegriezmann4852 not a lot. My maternal grandfather is of hispanic descent but I think I look more Asian?
@@maylynbayani As someone who is not from the Philippines I can see you are mixed, I dont know maybe your golden skin tone is what gives it away.
@@antoinegriezmann4852 yeah, i get that too when im overseas. They never guessed that im filipino but thats fine. The Philippines is so diverse that we have 3 standards of beauty because we just dont look alike
@@maylynbayani 3 really? What nationalities do you get the most?
Another important reason why the Spanish language was extinguished was the mass killings by the Japanese and American firepower during WW2 (especially during the Battle of Manila in 1945). The Spanish heart of the Philippines was leveled and many Spanish speaking families perished in Manila (there was an estimated 300,000 Spanish speakers in large cities before the war).
True though
Hi there, very Interesting video, But you got few things wrong, I'll correct them if you don't mind.
Small points but I'll make it as detailed as possible.
1.) No true cultural assimilation - Actually, the Filipino culture itself, is a hybrid culture of; Austronesian, Spanish and Chinese cultures. Things like, Bahay na bato, Earthquake baroque, folk dances such as Tinikling, Cariñosa, La Jota (Manileña / Cagayana / Caviteña etc.), Barong, Baro't saya(Maria Clara, Kimona, Terno etc.), Kundiman, Harana, Catholicism, Kutkut art, Estilo Tampinco art, and many more, together with all the foods you just mention. Those cultures are the main practice of Insulares, mestizos, Indios, chinos, from rich to poor a like. Except of course, for the, todays, autonomous areas, or areas seeking autonomy, or places only annexed by the Philippines much later in history; like the Moros, Cordillerans, Lumads, and Negritos. Like any other territory of Spain or other empires of the world, there will always be a cultural assimilation.
2.) It will be an overstatement to say that there was no true linguistic assimilation given that Tagalog itself has 33% root word that are of Spanish in origin, and me being a Taglog and Cebuano speaker can definitely say, Cebuano has a lot more. And of course, as you said, the Chavacano, which is by the way, not a pidgin, but a creole (there's a big difference). In the past, Chavacano was not only spoken in Zamboanga, there's also a variant in Cavite.
Then, there is the Cervantes Institute who estimated that at the beginning of the 20th century, there was an estimated 60 per cent of Filipinos who spoke Spanish as their second language, That doesn't even include the native speakers with loanwords(which at that time in much greater number of loanwords than what we have today. In 1846, French traveler Jean Baptiste Mallat was surprised at how advanced Philippine schools were. In fact, the national language of the first Republic of the Philippines is Spanish. It was the language of the Philippine Revolution and the country's first official language, as proclaimed in the Malolos Constitution of the First Philippine Republic in 1899. Before the 19th century, Philippine revolts were small-scale. Since they did not extend beyond linguistic boundaries, they were easily neutralized by Spanish forces. They were not nationalist, they were mostly just regionalist uprising(for example Diego Silang only intended to free Ilocos and not the whole Philippines). With the small period of the spread of Spanish through a free public school system (1863) and the rise of an educated class, nationalists from different parts of the archipelago were able to communicate in a common language. It was the language of commerce, law, politics and the arts during the colonial period and well into the 20th century.
So I don't really know what you mean by assimilated. The only things that really ended it is, as you said is, the huge American influence and then the post Third Republic constitutions, and the greatest of all, Anti culture modernism expressions.
3.) The Ilustrados, the propagators of Filipino nationalism, actually propagates Spain to reform the Philippines and to make it a province, and not to "distinguish themselves to their colonizers" like you said. The closest thing to a separatism is the popular idea within those Ilustado sentiment to make the Philippines a province of Spain, then gradually lead to independence to a peaceful recognition of Spain as colonial mother and not as an enemy, and also to its cultural contributions. Kind of like what happened to Philippines and America instead. A lot of modern Filipinos today may raise their eyebrows to that, but back then, people have a very different view of nationalism than what we have today. After all, nationalism is just a construct, But that kind of nationalism of Ilustrados is actually the idea that started the Philippine nationalism which eventually led to revolution.
But even in revolution, Philippine didn't fully "distinguish themselves to Spain". Again, the First Republic of the Philippines, still uses Spanish, and was used to write the Constitution of Biak-na-Bato, Malolos Constitution, the original national anthem, Himno Nacional Filipino, as well as nationalistic propaganda material and literature. They immediately made friend with Spain after independence. In fact one of the popular form of protests during the American era is speaking and writing in Spanish.
I'm Chamorro from Guam, and it's basically like the Philippines here haha. There's a lot of Spanish surnames here as well, but it's cool that my ancestors chose to have their clan name as their last name instead of chosing a Spanish one. My ancient clan name was "Båbaota" meaning "our battle flag" which is epic asf
You speak so well in different languages!! Good to see a Filipino vlogging about Mexico. I’m a Filipino living in Baja California now. 😀
Hi Henna. Let's get together. I live here in Cabo !
@@HeyItsRochelle Sure if I go to Cabo or if you come to Mexicali ☺️
I’m Filipino and I would like to go to Guanajuato. Some of my favourite artists are from there
Spanish is a good language to learn, spoken in spain and the whole of central/south america.
And in the united states too
Except Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana, plus not all Brazilians do 😕
But yea the rest do 😊
@@strand195 even belize in central America .
Yeah it's a universal language like English that opens up a lot of places in the Americas, Africa and Europe.
And Mexico in North America.
Tu acento en español es muy hermoso, es como una mezcla entre el español de España y el de México
yo crei una mezcla entre el español de España y portuguesa
I'm from Zamboanga and can speak Chavacano.
I have a spanish collegue and whenever we have conversations. She speaks spanish and I chavacano, it feels like, Chavacano is a dialect from Spain. We understand each other.
Interesante, voy ver vídeos en chabacano a ver que logro entender.
@@chubbygardenersi. el Chabacano tiene 80 porciento español. manada tambien cancion de chavacano. El banda Comic Relief tiene bonito canciones.
Chabacano is broken Spanish haha. Una mezcla de español, Tagalog y bisaya. Pinagsamasama lahat hahaha 😝
@@PhilipNdukwe With the subsequent migration of Ilonggo traders to Zamboanga, the Zamboangueño Chavacano was infused with Hiligaynon words as the previous migrant community was assimilated. Most of what appears to be Cebuano words in Zamboangueño Chavacano are actually Hiligaynon.
There is also Caviteño Chavacano, maybe this Chavacano has more words in Tagalog, considering it's in Luzon.
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* I don't know which language will I reply. Your 1st sentence is english, 2nd spanish and 3rd tagalog. 😂
Pero normal filipino solo habla quince porsyento espanyol palabra kahit barok barok lang 😅😂 noong napunta ako sa Spanish speaking countries nakakabigla ang dami ring espanyol na palabra na intyendo haha sarap magaral ng espanyol pag may time
I lived in the Philippines back in the late 60s and noticed some Spanish words in Tagalog as you say. Loved the Philippines but found a home here in Bucerias Mexico a few years back moving here from Texas.
Trishaaa! Watching you feels like watching CNN! I started learning Spanish last year during Quarantine through Speak Social where I volunteered to teach English in exchange of learning other languages. Most of my classmates were either from Portugal, Italy or Russia and some of them when they heard of my last name Reyes asked if I have a Spanish blood. They were even surprised why I know a lot of Spanish words. Hahaha
WHY PILIPINO DONT SPEAK SPANISH? WHAT A STUPID QUESTION " WHY BECAUSE WE ARE NOT SPANISH , WE HAVE OUR VERY OWNED LANGUAGE ! SPANISH CONQUERED PHILIPPINES AND SLAVES PILIPINO THATS WHAT THEY ARE !! AND IM NOT PROUD OF IT !!
@@isabelespejo7566 Exactly!
@@isabelespejo7566 That is so stupid
@@isabelespejo7566 Many Spanish-speaking countries have inhabitants who are not Spanish or of Spanish descent. Some are descendants of African slaves or of Indigenous people. Yet, those populations happen to be fluent in Spanish. There is even one country in South America which is almost totally bilingual, that is Paraguay. Even white people there are conversant in both Spanish and Guaraní, the indigenous language of the country.
Mabuhay Pilipinas🇵🇭 very informative!❤️
Im Chilean Canadian but my gf is from the filipinas mati city in davao oriental and her native language is visaya which she prefers over Tagalog. So lucky to have her.
Cachai
@@dilmerfandino si cacho
sanaol
Mati is near to Indonesian Border some people there speak Indonesian.
@@2557carla got cebeles sea between u 2 and most people there speak visaya. She told me muslims there have their own language don't know what it is though.
This vlog should have more subscribers. High quality content,very informative videos,not to mention a very knowledgeable and eloquent "host". A big alternative to the norm,prank,trashtalking vlogs you see. Salute to you Ms.Trisha
I am from Zamboanga city and most of the youngster now a days don't really speak chavacano, its kinda sad tho cause the language is slowly dying. but anyway I super love your content!! Keep it up po!
May I know what the younger generations speaks now? I speaked Chabacano when I was younger, everyone speaks chabacano it’s liked a National language in that City.
Yeah it's totally corrupted by Tagalog and English.
@@luelzone7474 Why is it sad? at least Tagalog is Filipino, and english is an international language. This is what the illustrados have fought for.
hinde ya gadt sila ta konbersa chavacano kay halos mga muslim (tausug, samal etc) tan transfer na zamboañga, pero iyo bien fluent pa din maskin taki yo na luzon kay todol diya ta konbersa kame di mi pamilya chavacano.
they dont really speak chavacano because a lot of muslim (tausug, samal etc) are moving to zamaboañga, but me I am still fluent speaking chavacano even though I am here in Luzon because everyday we're speaking chavacano with my family.
(sorry if wrong grahams)
para kumigo, hinde se muri el "Spanish Creole" chavacano kay chene mother tongue yan implement which means grade 1 chene ya sila subject chavacano.
For me, Spanish Creole chavacano will not die because they(deped) implemented mother tongue which means grade 1(elementary) they already have chavacano subject. im not sure kung hanggang grade 3 lang.
(sorry of wrong grahams)
I remember reciting "ultimo adios" Spanish version of my last farewell, because I picked that among the lottery system, It was fun speaking it in Spanish and our teacher in 21st century even told us that learning Spanish is great and beneficial!
edit : "Mi ultimo adios" olvido la primera palabra XD
I remember Memorizing and reciting "Mi Ultimo Adios" just to guarantee a passing grade at my Spanish 2 Class in the University because I missed a lot of classes and quizzes. Our professor set out a challenge that any student that can Memorize and recite Mi Ultimo Adios will get automatically get 1.0 ( highest grade) in the final grade no matter what grade standing before. So I, spent a week Memorizing it. and i got that 1.0/
during our spanish subject quizzes,we just copy each others answer.never learned something from that subject..but no regrets,doesn’t make sense.
my great grandfather was pure Spanish, only 2 of my dads siblings knew how to speak in Spanish, my dad understood the language tho hes not fluent at it, hes more comfortable speaking in Tagalog, my sister had Spanish language in their curriculum since the late 90s they stopped teaching it tho. i really wanted to learn it too, but now I'm trying to convince my kid to learn it, lol 😂.
That’s a damn lie. Most Filipinos got no Spanish blood
@@fuckyoutube1999 Who Told you we dont have Spanish blood You Dum*bfcuk. On My Mother side we have Spanish blood there last names is Silva and Diaz
Espero que lo consigas
Why assume right away that they’re lying? Mestizos do exist and If you live in the Philippines we’re everywhere.
This is really cool, I loved this explanation. ¡Saludos desde México!
Latinoamericanos tend to culturally consider Filipinos as our distant Asian cousins!
Vamos Filipinos!! Viva Filipinas!!
Call me crazy but I'm very interested to visit all spanish speaking country wether they're rich or poor country... Im just very interested with their culture and language. Soy filipina🙂
Anung Soy Filipina? Ako ay Filipina! Hindi ka pinoy kung mamahalin mo ang mga nanakop at chuchupain mo ang mga Spanish na yan na parang isa ka nilang alipin.! You are stupid, sa tagalog...Tangina mo!
I bet, ni di ka pa nakakarating ng Sultan Kudarat? Why? Kasi di sila Spanish enough? kasi di sila cool enough? Putanginang pagiisip mo bhe! Tanga!
Welcome. Spanish speaking countries have very beautiful cultures
So many of them, we have all the colors of the rainbow, Peru has many Japanese, Argentina has most white people, Cuban many African Latinos, Republican Dominicana as well, Am we love rice too ,
Bienvenida serás amiga Filipina.
Love filipinos as they are with theyr own culture, love from spain
calibur i hate spaniards
@@peterpuday6437 Lol but shouldn't you hate their ancestors not the Spaniards today who have nothing to do with the colonization. Use your tiny ass brain.
@@jrexx2841 But why so many hate Americans then. Look at the comment section. They are shitting on English being the International language or "lingua franca". And the funny thing is most of them didn't know that english stems or origins came from proletariats or commoners. They thought that language it must've been a language used by upper class people and that's why it so popular because the ones using it before (medieval times) are elites. Being a person who studies language and French history I wheezed.
@@peterpuday6437 ayoko ren ng mga puday 😊
@@HiHi-it1vr shatap you american
I really really really like your tongue switched to spanish when you speak.. I can really hear the native like accent.. kudos!
Sana mapansin comment ko.
Hola! Soy Filipino pero no, no hablo español al nacer. Pero mi abuela es de Vigan. Asi que me encargue de aprender Español. :)
Enhorabuena por aumentar tu cultura ancestral.
Seguro que tu abuela estará orgullosa
My Filipina wife sure remembers her Spanish language school lessons from 50 years ago better than I remember my German lessons. ❤
I never imagined that my hometown will be mentioned here! From Pamplona, Negros. 😊
Hola! Como estas? im a pure blooded filipino and i can speak a Chavacano(Spanish like language). Proud Zamboangueño, from Zamboanga City.
Si tiene oportunidad anda y visita ostedes aqui na diamon nuestro país.
Mga kababayan, subukan nyo rin'g mamasyal sa aming bansa kapag mejo ligtas ng bumyahe. 👍🏻
#Zamboangueño 💪🏻
#Pilipinas 🇵🇭
Kwidao ostedes y que Dios te bendiga.
@Cheezy Bo mana chabacano
There are Filipinos who uses Tagalog surnames like: Pangilinan or Panganiban
Also Chinese surnames like: Tan, Lee, or Ong
The native family surname can be kept if they belong to the nobility say Soliman
@Bad Cooky i feel it is nice to have real filipino last names than having foreign spanish last names. im glad those filipino last names have survived during 330 years occupation
Regencia in spanish means gobernance.
@@dilmerfandino Ah thanks, I thought it also means Regency.
@@jbn03canada Spaniards used to be a people very respectful of hierarchies, whether that be noblemen or royals. They also respected hierarchy in the lands they incorporated. So Filipinos that were of noble extraction or that proved very loyal to the Spanish, like some Capampañgans did, got to keep their names.
Yes you forgot to mention that Spanish was still spoken till the Japanese invasion. Mass Spanish speaking people we're executed. Spanish use to br spoken till before 1944. most of the Spanish people were really crollos or mestizos de Mexico. The now Mexico heavily traded with Las Filipinas for over 300 years. In Mexico there's a region we're 25% of people have some Filipino ancestors. You didn't mention these things. Saludos
I'm sorry for these Filipino revisionists, which I can understand where they are coming from, But let's face it. If it wasn't for the Spanish, we wouldn't have been United. They're wouldn't even be a Philippines. You wouldn't even matter. You won't even be a US citizen either. Even the Spanish were colonized and had outside influences, even the English. Even the french. Just accept the contributions.amd hybritity it gave us and never mind why would have been with all this native royal families and traditions and all that, because do u really think we would have been United even with them as a nation. I think not. Once u look at it in a hindsight educated sense, the Spanish influence/colonization good and bad was probably a good thing. I don't look down in Spain at all. Just live in the now and learn to realize and appreciate the hybritity they gave us. We would wake up in the morning without eating our longanisa. We wouldn't know the time right now it we didn't wear our reloj (watch). We wouldn't be good moral if it want for going to the worship God, etc, etc and many more stuff. Just get on with your lives and appreciate the contributions. The Spanish weren't really that bad, they way these revisionists.like to scare it into us
Hello from Mexico.
Mexico, Pampanga.
Ha. I saw the future, now Miss Mexico is the Miss Universe. Proud kababayan. 😅😅😅
@@FanOfMinatozakiSana hello from México Latín América 👋
Saludos cariñosos hasta México, Pampanga, Filipinas desde México país.
Filipino would be a superpower (hyperbole) if they spoke Spanish to this day. Combined with speaking native tongue (people who also speak other dialects of the Philippines), the official filipino language (tagalog), and english, they would have a very big impact in global trade for Asia and America as their geography also works well to their favor.
i agree 👍👍
Si señor. Viva filipinas.
De acuerdo contigo! VIVA FILIPINAS!
If only Filipinos would come to terms with their past and fully accept Spanish influence of our culture just as they have obviously accepted American. Whether Filipinos like it or not, the events that have happened is what shaped our identity today in religion, culture, traditions, etc. Only then I think we will be able to move on and develop as a country instead of being blindly angry at the past.
My mother’s surname Jao is a hispanized Chinese surname if i’m not mistaken, it’s original form is RAO or JIAO
😯😯😯
this is what happened to my maternal grandfather's last name, too. His Chinese last name was Yang, and it became Geanga (Yang-ga). So interesting...
Maybe a surname via Portugues Macao?
@@rcabarca73 maybe, but my grandfather said to me that they're from northern beijing who only migrated south after mao zedong ruled
by the time the Americans came it was estimated that 60% of the population can speak and write Spanish.
The cedula and other government documents were written in Spanish.
Visaya, Ilocanos, campampangans speaks to each other in Spanish.
Queen isabela II established public schools aroun 2000 + by the time the Americans came.
Quezon loves to say this to the Americans who technically is the reason why Spanish was lost.
Americans brainwashed us to hate Spanish
Adobo recipe were already part of the culture of Philippines before Spaniards came, but the 'word' Adobo is Spanish.
It depends on the generation and when you were born and where you come from.
My mother’s family is from Manila and Cavite.
My maternal grandmother spoke Chabacano (de Cavite, not ‘Chavacano’ de Zamboanga).
My maternal grandfather was born in Manila, his family is from Nueva Ecija and Bulacan and Pampanga, and yet he spoke fluent Spanish.
My mother’s maternal grandfather (my great grandfather) spoke fluent Castilian Spanish.
When my grandmother would go to bed at night, she prayed in Spanish because it was how she learned her prayers in Cavite, though at home she spoke Chabacano.
Spanish was not ‘foreign’ in my home nor my family.
My mother and father spoke Tagalog, but my mother learned Spanish in school/ college.
I learned Spanish in high school, but that is because I grew up in San Diego, California, so for me it was practical.
Spanish was never foreign to me nor my family.
Spanish and Hispanic customs were very common in my family.
Part of my roots lie in Spain as well as in Mexico, at least culturally if not ethnically in my blood line as well.
I am proud of being a ‘mutt’ (mixed blood) not this nonsense bs of being “100% Pinoy” .
Maybe if my ancestors were Hanuno’o, or Kankanaey, or T’boli.
But they were not.
I recognize my Asian and Pacific Islander roots and heritage but also my Hispanic and Indigenous American roots.
Es triste que hoy dia, el Castellano es una cosa estrangera para muchos Filipinos y que no hablan ni un poco de español.
Pero, así es.
wow pensaba yo el chavacano fe zamboanga lang nice to know there are others who speak it
Blue tiger lozano. I totally agree with you. It's a pity that many filipinos consider Spanish "a foreign language". After more than three centuries of Spanish presence in the Philippines, that influence should have taken hold of some filipino culture and traits, thus becoming a true filipino language, just like the other languages of the Philippines. the true filipino Spanish language. Unfortunately, nationalism and the historic negative attitude of the Americans versus Spanish seem to play a role. Nowadays, many filipinos seem it necessary to downplay the importance of this culture and language in the history of the Philippines.
si apesar de que el español en las filipinas como lengua nativa fue solo el 20% sin contar a los de segunda lengua cuando llegaron esatados unidos y la gverra filipino-estadounidense junto con la invasion japonesa y la batalla de manila extermino a la mayoria de hispano filipinos ya sea meztisos o decendientes de españoles y segunda lengua dejando al final solo al 6% de la poblacion y la proagando anti española estado unidense no ayudó en nada. sino filipinas seguiria siendo hispano
Yeah, they are Adapt the spanish language in Cavite thats there native language before
Espero que poco a poco se recupere la lengua castellana y se vuelva a hablar más en Filipinas
i love her spanish accent. i also wish to know speaking japanese, french, spanish, chinese and russian.. 🤔🙄
I'm from the Philippines, even though i never heard that, we Filipinos love to use the spanish word 'Pero, kutsarita, sais, uno, tres, kwatro, nuebe, singko, kumusta, (como esta) etc. We can't speak without the spanish word because that's what we're used to than in tagalog, there are many places here where people like to speak the spanish word, especially in Mindanao, cebu, cavite, manila, davao, in some other provinces. I watched Asian Boss Español, they interviewed Filipinos to see if they could not use the Spanish word. We can't speak without the Spanish word because that's what we're used to, compared to Tagalog. And it's really hard to speak tagalog without spanish word
Istuka Ma'am
The parts of Tagalog that are not Spanish are what? Indigenous?
@@ukspankedyank yes you can say that it's indigenous. Actually Tagalog can be independent with spanish however it would be a "deep tagalog/original tagalog/old tagalog". But since language is dynamic tagalog with spanish is considered tagalog nevertheless just as the old tagalog being influenced by the languages of neighbor countries in the indo pacific region.
@@ukspankedyank Tagalog is a language spoken mainly in certain regions adjacent to the capitol. In 1987, a law was enacted to come up with a national language called Filipino. It is a standardized/levelled up Tagalog with infusions of Spanish, English, Chinese, Malay and even Indian words (yes Virginia, there are over 300 Indian loanwords of Bhramic/Sanskrit in origin), using 28 characters - 26 latin alphabet + the Spanish ñ + the "ng" digraph.
Until now spanish is mandatory subject under k-12 here in zamboanga city.
the philipines was not diferent fom the other spanish colonies. yeah it was a prestigious language, and yeah it was not very widely spoken by the entire population just by 20% before the american ocupation but that's not the reason the philippines why now the philippines is not a spanish speaking nation, also in equatorial guinea the spanish language wasn't so widely spoken for the majority of people but it was learned masively in school since its independence and because it was chosen as a nationla language so now is a spanish speaking country spoken by the 90% of people in the country , even though just 10% have it as their native language and the vast majority learned it as a second language after their independence now numbering by 80%, same history happens in mexico after their independence from spain in 1822 it was spoken just for 38% of the population but by 1880 i was spoken already by 80% of the population, so? the philippines could've been a spanish speaking country where they also have chosen spanish as their national language but it was dominated by the united states right after their independence , and it was erased in the filipino american war erasing 15% of the population, the japanses invasion, and the battle of manila where intramuros and cavite were destroyed completely, lost of spanish speaking people and among them lots of people who fought for the language died, so? the new generation don't have the same simpathy for the language and spanish lots popularity agaist english the new language of prestige.
spanish was never imposed in the spanish empire colinal territories as a subject and the proof are the grammmar and dictionaries in the filipino languages and in the native america languages, in the americas also they never imposed the spanish langauge, the reason why spanish is spoken in latinoamerica is for the mass mestizaje (miscegenation) and also after the independence from spain the new leaders from the new nations imposed the language of the former colonial rule as national: spanish, also in the philippines it was going to be the same history as in latino america but it was conquered by two empires after the spanish, the japanses and the united states, where a lot of filipinos who spoke spanish were killled in the american-filipino wwar and in the japanese invasion and finaly in the batle of mainla in intramuros, going from 20% to 6% of spanish speakers, and finaly doing as a national language the language of the philippines last colonial power: english
Spain also had a major influence in the Philippines' legal system which exists even to this day. Although laws are in English, the Philippine legal system follows the civil law system which it inherited from Spain, this is in contrast to the Anglo-American common law which the US uses. Also, many Spanish terms were retained in certain laws. For instance, the nomenclature of penalties as to duration of imprisonment provided under the Philippine Revised Penal Code are in Spanish, e.g. reclusion perpetua (20 years and 1 day to 40 years); reclusion temporal (12 years and 1 day to 20 years); prision correccional (6 months and 1 day to 6 years); and destierro (banishment from residing within a radius of 25 km from the residence of the accused). The Philippine Civil Code also uses Spanish terms: e.g. dacion en pago (dation in payment); reserva troncal, reserva maxima and reserva minima (concepts pertaining to reservation of certain properties in succession); fideicomisario (trustee); and accion reinvindicatoria (action to recover ownership).
Thank you for this excellent presentation, Ms.Velarmino. I believe another reason that
Filipinos do not speak Spanish is that when the Spanish friars converted the locals to Christianity or Roman Catholicism, they used the vernacular language rather than Spanish by translating Doctrina Christiana in the local language. But hopefully you continue enlightening everyone regarding the Philippines and its connections with Spain, Mexico and the world..
I am happy that my abuela y abuelo teaches us to speak in spanish. Dios ti bendiga people.
Dios los bediga a ustedes tambien ^^
@@jazzie2967 muchas gracias hermano
No es ti, es te
@@Monninaq1 wouldn't it be los since its plural "dios los bendiga people" ?
@@Monninaq1 that's proof that he really doesn't speak Spanish
The only reason I know about this “myth” is because a Filipino told me he spoke Spanish. and he did 😂
Thanks for the history lesson. You speak proper Spanish but you got the accent from Spain. I'm Puerto Rican 🇵🇷, we speak Spanglish 🤦🏻♀️🤭. I can't wait to move to the philippines to learn more about the country and culture
Im from Vizcaya and looking back at our history it makes sense. Now thank your for explaining about everything.
Me encantó este Video Trisha, que chevere aprender un poquito más de tu pais/cultura. Besos grandes!
Watching Filipino TV shows here in the US, it seems like about 10% of the words are Spanish, up to another 10% are English, and you can pick up a lot of meaning through context and body language.
10%? not even close. More like 3%
@@racooncity3325 Exacto ka. Korek. 🙂.
30% at least. Even ung mga dates, months, time and also some conjuctions and prepositions are adapted from Spanish language. Yung ibang words like asukal (azúcar), dyabetis (diabetes), etc. are "salitang siyokoy" wherein Spanish or English words are adapted based on how most Native Filipinos would pronounce them.
@@ajgo2145 "Asukar" actually came from Arabic. The Arab-speaking world near the Iberian peninsula brought the word (and a lot of other words in their vocabulary) to the peninsula and it is Spain that also brought the word here.
lol 10% english but when you come here and speak with a filipino it becomes more like 50% instantly.
I don't have Spanish last name.
except for my great grandmother which is Gonzales.
But I really do believe that the main reason why we do not speak Spanish anymore it's because Americans colonized us and maybe because some of our heroes want us to be different among the rest of the world.
But according to my mom & my aunt they have Spanish subjects in HS.
I do think that if we still speak Spanish, our country woulda been so different. We will not be having a hard time communicating with the Latinos.
Actually not all Filipinos speak Spanish before. Only those rich people can speak Spanish but those lower they can't.
@@enricocamilon3984 not really, also the medium class were able to speak spanish, emiliano acused the unitedstates that even thoguh the american educational sistem was better then the spanish, still 50% of the population were educated people.
Wow ganito dapat ang meron 10M subs. Hindi Prank videos, house tour, mukbang challenge
Not to be that person, but why dont I ever hear about Chinese/Malay influence in the Philippines? Or South Asian/Indian/Islamic influence? It’s always Spanish. These spheres of influence had much longer reigns on the islands than Spain did. So why are we still romanticizing Spanish colonialism?
Thats what i think also lmao. Spaniards only settled here for 300 years. Our history started when austronesiana settled here in philippines 3000-5000 years ago.
Mi apellido, Mendoza. Soy de Filipinas. Estoy aprendiendo español. 😊
Que bien quieres practicamos español e ingles
@@piedramultiaristas8573 Yo quiero estudiar español. Y tú? Hablo inglés. Si quieres podemos intercambiar. Aprenderé español mientras aprendes inglés conmigo.
Me alegra ver que muchos filipinos están aprendiendo español. Espero que algún día podamos llevarnos bien con nuestros hermanos hispanos en América Latina y España.
Muy bien. Ánimo. Espero que hayas aprendido mucho el idioma español
i really admire u for speaking spanish so fluent!!!! and the accent!!! estoy aprendiendo mi espanyol desde la cuarentena pero lo se como hablar un poco y my grammar es no correcto 😭
Hola Vives en Filipinas Tambien?
@@luelzone7474 si. Soy Filipino.
It's ok you don't need to speak perfect, almost nobody care about grammar 😉
Spanish language is a great language and you speak very well. Very informative delivery but never boring. Thanks for the info. Glad i found ur channel. UA-cam is giving me great recommendations lately.
Ok... Then, it shows that the winners always write history in their own way. Spain never relented the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico, losing them in a war with the United States of America in 1898. Then came the hegemony of the USA in the Philippines, the massacre of several million Filipinos who wanted to be independent and later the forced destruction of any trace of the Spanish language, from laws that prohibited it and the school system only in English.
There are stories of elderly people who had learned Spanish at home, from their own grandparents or parents, but who were beaten or psychologically abused if they were heard speaking Spanish abroad... At the moment of truth, Filipinos should not be speaking either English or Spanish, they should speak their own language, since luckily this could survive until modern times, and I speak of speaking it not as a casual but as a main language in business and law.
I could listen to you all day in any of the multiple languages you speak! I adore your accent. Great topic and video as well on a subject I have often wondered about myself but never researched.
Tagalog, Bisaya, Bikolano, Ilokano and so on will be considered as a language it is far different from dialect. Which the dialect is somehow the variations of pronunciation, accent and etc. Like tagalog-batangas, tagalog-quezon, tagalog-rizal, etc
Genuine question. I'm a Bicolano and there are three distinct Bicol language(?) within the Bicol region, meaning, different words and how we say it, but some words are common all across three variations. How are these classified?language or dialect?
Edit: or sublanguage?(is this a thing?)
@@silynita sir, vocabulary itself is part of a language. Native speaker always have it. What I want to imply is that same words across the dialects is normal. You may classify it as dialect once it is being pronounce differently. Variations somehow can be found thru phonology.
@@Dos62596 if that we're the case there are at least 3 different Bicol languages because these 3 are noticeably distinct from each other in terms of words and pronunciation
@@silynita still sir if this language that you so called Bikolano Language still Bikolano then, but Dialects to be considered. Is there a particular place where that variations of Bikolano used? For example Bikolano Naga, Bikolano Albay?
@@Dos62596 these are the three major Bicol variations that i know of: Bicol Albay ( in Albay and Legaspi areas), Rinconada( in parts of Baao and Nabua). These two places have local tribes from what I remember, probable reason why it's so distinct), Bicol Naga( not only used in Naga but also in Partido Area, even in other places like Catanduanes, Masbate, the rest with slight variations)
Very excited about learning Spanish by forcing yourself to converse with local. Great content ateee! I am a fan ❤❤
I'm now definitely adding español to my bucket list after I learn how to speak french
It pains me to hear that Tagalog and Cebuano are just dialects. No, they are not. Never. They are languages, major languages at that. They even have entries in Google Translate along with Ilocano. These three, respectively are the most widely spoken LANGUAGES in the Philippines. But, I love the videos nevertheless (that Magallanes part should be clarified though).
Your accent ate was very clear when speaking en español
"and then there is chavacano"
Finally!!
Is dying instead of english and tagalog
Viva Filipinas!!! Un saludo desde España 🇪🇸
Spain now is regretting.
Imagine if we were taught Spanish,
and a Spanish-speaking country in Asia could have expanded the Hispano sphere into a global force.
You dont realy know nothing right? My God. the first República implied Spanish as national language
@@funlanguages7922 Yes, but its already too late. The Americans came soon after. Had we been taught Spanish under the long rule of Spain, the language would have taken deep root.
If I’m not mistaken Spanish subject was being thought in school before but they stopped it. So I guess, es uno de los rezones que Filipinos no hablan español pero ahora creo que hay muchos filipinos estudiando español just like me porque oportunidad para trabajar en centro de llamadas como bilingüe y ganadora mas dinero como solo habla en inglés
I totally understand your Spanish. I am from z.c I speak chavacano.
I would love to learn more Spanish and use it.
Si, es una pena grande que no llego a penetrar el Castellano mas a toda la poblacion.Me ha gustado mucho tu video,veo que sabes contar la historia como fue sin controversia contra los Espanoles que solo seguian direccciones desde lejos. Vivo en Manila y naci en Espana,Me encuentro muy en mi casa aqui porque encuentro los Filipinos una de las culturas mas nobles, felizes y simpaticas, aun en su pobreza.
Your spanish is too basic! :D Just saying, my spanish friends don't speak the way you do, In modern times, you'd be considered as ''Old English''. Lusaw na yan!
I think we could learn spanish easier than other languages since we know many words already. Looking forward to your video on your tips.
Trisha, I still remember when my eldest sister was in college, she used to have a Spanish subject at Adamson University. And then Dep't of Education for some reason dissolved it. In my opinion, it shouldn't be dissolve. Why? Its an advantage to us Filipino to learn multi language. Imagine how many other countries speak Spanish and this country are rich and people choose to stay in this countries.
And even the super power soon or later must recognize the Spanish as its second language.
I also graduated from Adamson University back in the mid 80s. Your sister was right. We have Spanish subjects 1-4 back then.
in 1973 spanish was still part of high school curriculum... even up to 1974 and 1975 during college spanish subjects was taught in first year to 4rth year college in private schools..
The information that Spanish was not spoken by the majority is disputed. According to US colonial records, around 70% of Filipinos spoke Spanish. A journal from one of the colonists even recorded that Spanish is the language of commerce and social interaction.
I recommend watching a UA-cam Video by Patricio Mercado-Noel entiled "Did Filipinos Spoke Spanish? YES!"
I loved the video, but I think he did a better job at providing an evidence-based argument.
Very historical and informative. I always wondered why the Philippines didn’t assimilate Spanish language as we did in Latin America. She speaks both Spanish & English perfectly
Our ancestors spoke spanish but in rural areas they still speak our native language. You need a ton of pride to preserve your own culture and we have exactly that. Accents in certain province are also maintained! Cavite, bulacan, batangas and quezon province all speak tagalog but you can differentiate which place they're from base on their accent.
Ilocos region spoke spanish. Cebu province. Central luzon. Cavite. Zamboanga. Iloilo bacolod etc....
I think its called dialect
@@cdt.arcegerimie8945 hahaha dialect daw yung accent. Yan ba bago turo ng mga teacher ngayon hahahahaha
@@lucianorosso3375 ad hominem? 🤣
Laguna - Malumanay/Sweet/Calm
Batangas - Very Strong with verbal mannerisms such as "ga", "ala e", "ganire", etc.
Cavite - Similar to Manilenyos but stronger
Rizal - Similar to Manilenyos but calmer/mountain ish
Quezon - Strong (not as strong as Batangas), has verbal mannerisms that doesn't sound Tagalog. 😂
Interesting! I only learned Spanish from school, when I was in college taking up History from 2001 to 2005. Because it was a mandatory subject so we are obliged to take up Spanish language subject (9 units plus basic lessons from Instituto Cervantes). I am short tongued so it was a challenge plus our Spanish at class was Castilian because two of my Spanish language instructors were Castilian descent.
I think the Most common Apelido is "Dela Cruz", or "Garcia" . "Sanchez" Is Kinda Common. But I researched and My Last Name is Like 1 in 1 Million , It's also A Street in Spain and Iloilo
Thanks for this video. I was born in the Philippines. Estudio Español en Canada pro dos años. No hablo Español bien. Pero Español es mi mejor curso. I’m 43 years old now. I wish I have continued practicing. I’d like to be fluent. Any advice? I wish I could be in a Spanish speaking environment. Gracias? 🙂
I'm not a historian, I believe neither are you and this is a simplified video on Spanish in the 🇵🇭 so I guess we can let some errors slide. What I do envy is how you've mastered the language that I thought you were a Latina. 😊 Great job! 👍👌✌ Wish I weren't lazy enough to actually push to learn it. 😅
Ruy Lopez de Villalobos named the islands Las islas Felipinas, 20 years after the Magellan expedition.
Honoring felipe
It was in 1543 Spanish expedition leader Ruy Lopez de Villalobos which designated Felipina/Felipinas for the Island of Leyte which the natives called Tandaya. Islas San Lazarus was the name given by Magellan in 1521.
Thank you.
Also Ferdinand Magellan did not unite the nation under the Spanish Crown.
Filipinos are great singers...
If we still speak Spanish, I guess we can compete in Latin American Music...
especially Regaeton.
My great great grandfather was a peninsular Spaniard, ( Linares) thus making my father a mestizo. They spoke fluent Spanish amongst his siblings, prayed in Spanish. I learned Spanish when it was taught to us in High School, & college as part of the curriculum.My father taught & spoke to us in English often, but also spoke Pampango since we were all born in Pampanga.
I am thinking of going to school to learn to speak Spanish but When I watched the last part of your video you said that you learn Spanish language by communicating to the Spanish speaking people its amazing your Spanish is perfect.
Apaka talented neto! Supporting your journey Trisha..😊
I really appreciate your interest in the Spanish language. I also like the Tagalog language. I visited the Philippines a couple years ago, and I really like the country and the culture. Hopefully, I will visit again soon. Gustong-gusto ko ang Pilipinas! 🇵🇭
to be honest, it's Spain's fault why Spanish is not spoken in the Philippines. They intentionally prevented Filipinos from learning and speaking Spanish. Why? because having one language, Filipinos can easily communicate with each other despite having their own native languages, this will cause them to plot revolutions and rebellions easily against the Spanish empire.
So, what did the Spanish Priests do? learned the native languages of the Philippines to convince them even more to convert to Catholicism. This ensured their grip of power over the islands.
Only the rich people like Jose Rizal was allowed to learn Spanish. The Indios (typical/normal native filipinos) were left with their original languages. That's why compared to Latin America where their native languages became extinct, the Philippines' did not despite 3 centuries of Spanish rule. That should make Filipinos grateful. We still have our identity.
It would be a huge advantage if Filipinos speak Spanish they would be the only Trilingual country that would speak Tagalog, English and Spanish.
I'm from the Philippines 🇵🇭 and I'm looking for someone who's same as my surname "LORZA" thank you!.
This is so informative and I love how you presented it. ❤️
Thank you so much for explaining this subject. I am Filipino American. People are shock that I speak fluent Cebuano and look hispanic.
I'm from Zamboanga, and a Chavacano. Even the Chavacano language is slowly fading until they mandatorily include it in primary schools.
I love your video btw, it's full of facts!
This is Sad!
@@steffin001 cierto
Spanish never became a widely spoken language in the Philippines for the following reasons:
1) The Philippines was too far from Spain or Latin America, especially before the advent of steamships, so there was no massive immigration of Spaniards and Latin Americans into the country that would have guaranteed grassroots-based propagation of Spanish in the country.
2) Catholic friars disobeyed orders coming from different monarchs for centuries pertaining to the teaching of Spanish to native Filipinos, using the excuse of "logistical impracticalities" because frankly speaking, these friars were not interested to have native Filipinos educated in Spanish as they might have ousted them earlier than in real history.
3) American colonial administrators, with a tactic Catholic episcopal approval, deliberately removed Spanish from primary and secondary school curricula and replaced it with English because Americans thought that if Filipinos speak English, they would be obedient to the American economic and political interests and the Catholic Church approved the usage of English because clerics were afraid that Filipinos will be converted to Protestantism if they insisted in the continuous usage of Spanish.
It was Miguel Lopez de Legazpi who colonize Philippines while Ferdinand Magellan was the first European who arrive in the Philippines. Gracias.