What languages are spoken in your country ?

@greenline (14838)
Canada
March 16, 2009 8:00pm CST
I live in Canada, in Vancouver which is in the western side of Canada. Officially, English and French are the two languages spoken in Canada. There are ofcourse many many immigrants from different countries living here, and they speak their languages in their communities. Where are you , and what languages are spoken there in your country ?
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@nympha687 (940)
• United States
17 Mar 09
Filipino and English are the official languages in the Philippines. We have about a hundred more dialects.
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@greenline (14838)
• Canada
17 Mar 09
Wow ! A hundred more dialects ! That's amazing ! Can you also speak some of those dialects ?
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@jammyt (2818)
• Philippines
17 Mar 09
The Philippines generally speak Tagalog and English but we have numerous dialects because of the different provinces within the country. Since I was born and bred in Manila, I only know how to speak Tagalog and not any other dialect. I'd like to learn though.
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@greenline (14838)
• Canada
17 Mar 09
Ok, so the Provinces have different dialects. That's interesting. There is a large number of Filipinos here in Vancouver too, and I hear the Tagalog language often !
@AmbiePam (85441)
• United States
17 Mar 09
English is of course America's main language, but Spanish is the second most spoken language here.
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
17 Mar 09
Hi Pam. So, Spanish speaking population is very large in America then ! Can you speak too ?
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@AmbiePam (85441)
• United States
17 Mar 09
No, but to finish my degree I will have to take 3 semesters of Spanish. Hopefully that will teach me enough to carry on a conversation.
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
17 Mar 09
We mainly speak Cantonese. But English, Mandarin and some Chinese are commonly used. When company employ staff, they need you to speak at least basic English and Mandarin otherwise, you probably won't be under consideration.
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
17 Mar 09
Hello Mermaid. So, you speak Cantonese and Mandarin ? Chinese friends say "nee hou" to me. Is it Cantonese or Mandarin ?
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
17 Mar 09
nee hou ~ nin hao is Mandarin.
@tooincome (345)
• United States
17 Mar 09
Here in the US, English is the primary language. Depending on where you are however, you may hear other languages. California is very diverse and there are many Spanish-speaking people here. There's also a lot of Asians so Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, are some of the languages that are widely spoken here. The state has recognized that there are quite a lot of people who mainly speak Spanish, so if you walk into target the signs overhead are not only in English, but in Spanish as well.
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@greenline (14838)
• Canada
17 Mar 09
I see. So, there is a very large Spanish speaking population there. Yes, some of my friends living in California are learning Spanish too !
• Philippines
17 Mar 09
hi!I live in the Philippines and our language is Filipino, though I live in Central Visayas specifically so I also know how to speak Cebuano and some native languages.
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
17 Mar 09
Cebuano ! Is it the dialect spoken on Cebu Island ? That's very interesting. Do you live on Cebu Island ?
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
17 Mar 09
Hi. I have been to Manila once. Very beautiful City !
• Philippines
17 Mar 09
Yeah,that's Cebu.Why,have you been in our place?Do you have friends here?
• United States
16 Apr 09
Any language that is spoken is spoken in my country. I live the the U.S. a. any people you can name not only lives here but in the major cities has their own neighborhood.I think it is great. We don't have a official language. I mean there isn't a law stating that English is our official language. English is the language that is spoken the most but that is totally different than having the government telling their citizens what language to speak.I love it.
@xusnake (278)
• China
17 Mar 09
chinese and english is most useful in china . but there also has othe langagues were used
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
17 Mar 09
I want to learn Chinese, but so far have not got too far ! Nee Hou ? Is that correct ?
@reichiru (748)
• Canada
17 Mar 09
What a coincidence, I live in Vancouver as well! So obviously English and French are the two official languages in Canada, but there's tons of immigrants, so you hear stuff like Mandarin, Korean, Punjabi, German, all sorts of things. It's really an interesting place to live, what with all the multiculturalism and stuff. I lived in Taiwan as well, and the languages there are mainly Mandarin and Taiwanese, along with each Aboriginal tribe's own unique dialect.
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
17 Mar 09
Hello. Yes, Vancouver is a very diverse community. May be an excellent place to learn languages !
@jd107nette (1454)
• Philippines
17 Mar 09
Here in Philippines, I have learned to speak in Filipino and English... ^_^
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
17 Mar 09
I was told that there are many dialects too in different provinces. Do you also speak some of them ?
@online_jon (1476)
• Philippines
17 Mar 09
Hi greenline, me i came from Philippines and our language is TAGALOG and ENGLISH. Speaking a tagalog language is very easy if you are interested in our native language, i think i can teach you as long as i can. Well as you can see most of the Filipino who response to your topic saying that we have hundreds of dialect which is true . Well that's all my response to your forum topic discussion entitled "what languages are spoken in your country". I hope i give a good response to your interesting topic. Happy posting and happy earning. . . Good luck to our earning career. . . =)
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
17 Mar 09
Yes, thank you very much indeed. You gave a very good response. This very much helps in learning about countries around the world. In fact, that was my purpose of posting this question. And, that is the value of myLot ! Have a nice day !