120 - 175 dialects?!!!
By whengcat
@whengcat (1457)
Philippines
September 7, 2011 3:32am CST
Our country's official language or dialect is Tagalog but would you believe that other than that, we also have 120 to 175 different dialects in here? That's really a lot for a small country like ours
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Some of these dialects are the Bicolano, Kapampangan, Ilocano, Ilonggo, Cebuano, Waray and Bisaya. It was brought about by the different races and cultures that invaded our country way way back in history. So even if you're a Filipino, you better get yourself ready to be able to know these dialects as other native folks from different regions don't understand tagalog that much.
How about in your country? do you have different dialects too?
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Some of these dialects are the Bicolano, Kapampangan, Ilocano, Ilonggo, Cebuano, Waray and Bisaya. It was brought about by the different races and cultures that invaded our country way way back in history. So even if you're a Filipino, you better get yourself ready to be able to know these dialects as other native folks from different regions don't understand tagalog that much.
How about in your country? do you have different dialects too?5 responses
@ddaguno (3107)
• Philippines
8 Sep 11
REally that much? I must have been asleep when that was discussed in school. 
Well if we have as much as 175, I know India has more and my Indian friends call them as languages too so they have different languages in one country. I think they have more than 50 states. Their country is definitely bigger compared to ours so I think they have more different 'tongues' 
Well if we have as much as 175, I know India has more and my Indian friends call them as languages too so they have different languages in one country. I think they have more than 50 states. Their country is definitely bigger compared to ours so I think they have more different 'tongues' 1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
7 Sep 11
That's correct Wheng. In addition, here in Bicol every town has its own dialect too. Some words may be similar , but sometimes they differ in meaning.
So sometimes, in the office we speak differently, because we come from different towns. But we get to speak the city's Bicol, so we still can understand each other. Besides, we may have different words but we could more or less gauge what it means.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
7 Sep 11
I think the number of dialects and sub-dialects we have is just proportionate to the number of islands we have, the more land is spread apart, the greater the tendency to develop a peculiar words or intonations that would later on branch out into a dialect or sub-dialect.
, the more land is spread apart, the greater the tendency to develop a peculiar words or intonations that would later on branch out into a dialect or sub-dialect. 1 person likes this
....hmmm, I wonder what region developed the jejemon words?...
@imkong (30)
• India
7 Sep 11
Wooh, that's lots of dialect in your country. Even In India where i live there are thousands of dialects spoken by different community dialects (as you might have known by now that india is a diverse society. But hindi is our main universal language. In india i live in north eastern part in a small state call Nagaland and we are call the Nagas or the warrior people. Even in our state we have nearly 30 dialects spoken by different community such as "Ao" that is spoken by my community. And for all the community we have a common dialect call Nagamese or else we communicate in English (official language of India.
you mentioned your country has thousands, that's really really a lot and you beat us down with that