Tuesday, November 8, 2011

How many dialects & sub-dialects are there in the Chavacano Language?

Chavacano is a full-pledge creole and an evolved language from Ancient Castillan and Latin with Influences from Native American Languages i.e. Quchua, Taino, Mexican-Indian, et.al., Italian, Portuguese & Austronesian i.e. Tagalog, Bisaya, Kapampangan, Subanon, Yakan, Tausug, Sama-Banguingui, Sama-Lauan, Ilonggo, Chinese and Japanese . thus, considering one of the oldest language has survive for almost 400 years and which was also born in Ciudad de Zamboanga (formerly, Republica de Zamboanga), in Ternate, in Cavite, independently.

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