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cbkChavacano  

Type

  • language

Definition

  • Chavacano or Chabacano, sometimes referred to by linguists as Philippine Creole Spanish, is a Spanish-based creole language spoken in the Philippines. The word "Chavacano" is derived from the Spanish word "chabacano", meaning "poor taste," "vulgar," "common," "of low quality," "tacky," or "coarse" for the chavacano language which was developed in Cavite City, Ternate and Ermita, and also derived from the word chavano which was coined by the people of Zamboanga-- . Six different dialects have developed: Zamboangueño in Zamboanga City, Davaoeño Zamboangueño / Castellano Abakay in Davao, Ternateño in Ternate, Caviteño in Cavite City, Cotabateño in Cotabato City and Ermiteño in Ermita.

Entry terms

  • Chavacano language

ISO 639-3 code

  • cbk

In other languages

  • Chavacano

    Basque

  • Chabacano

    Breton

  • Pinulongang Tsabakano

    Cebuano

  • 查瓦卡諾語

    Chinese

  • Chavacano

    Czech

  • Ĉabakana lingvo

    Esperanto

  • Chavacano

    French

  • Chabacano

    German

  • Chavacano-ngî

    Hakka Chinese

  • Chabacano nyelv

    Hungarian

  • Pagsasao a Chabacano

    Iloko

  • Lingua chavacan

    Interlingua

  • Lingua zamboangueña

    Italian

  • チャバカノ語

    Japanese

  • 차바카노어

    Korean

  • Lenga chavacano

    Piedmontese

  • Język chavacano

    Polish

  • Língua chavacana

    Portuguese

  • Чабакано

    Russian

  • Idioma chabacano

    Spanish

  • Swedish

  • Wikang Zamboangueño

    Tagalog

  • சவகான மொழி

    Tamil

  • ภาษาชาวากาโน

    Thai

  • Chabacano

    Turkish

  • Чавакано

    Ukrainian

  • Tiếng Chavacano

    Vietnamese

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/cbk

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