Do you speak 2 or 3 more languages?
By billiep
@billiep (231)
Philippines
April 9, 2007 2:33am CST
A lot of people can speak 2 or 3 or even more languages, how about you?
I believe asians are gifted because we speak our own country's language and at the same time speak the "Universal language" which is English, so immediately we speak 2 languages. There are some who speak Enlglish, their country's national language, and also their provincial language.
Im not sure if american's have provincial languages. Not a lot of people speak, french, italian or german. well from what I see not a lot.
How about you? what languages can you speak?
1 response
@nengs10 (3180)
• Philippines
9 Apr 07
Yes, I agree that Asians really speak more than 1 language. We are one great race indeed. In my case, I can speak and understand 4 languages.
1.I know how to speak English. In the Philippines, we were taught about such language since we were young. We are even considered the third english speaking nation in the world. Of course, that's next to USA and Great Britain. English is considered a business language. In that sense, I hope we'll also do good in the business arena.lol.
2.I know how to speak Filipino. It's also known as Tagalog. And it is our lingua franca. It is the Philippines national language. If you're from this country, you should know that language in the first place.
3.I also know how to speak Cebuano. My hometown is Davao City and that's our vernacular there. I'm so proud to have known such because more or less 70% of the people in my country speak that language. It's even more popular than Tagalog.
4.Moreover, I know how to speak Hiligaynon. I studies in Iloilo City for a year. Since that's their native language, I have no choice but to learn it too. It's closely related to Cebuano in a way.
Now, I want to learn Korean and Spanish. I just find those two languages very interesting.
