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Chavacano or Chabacano (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃaβaˈkano]) is a group of Spanish-based creole language varieties spoken in the Philippines.The variety spoken in Zamboanga City, located in the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao, has the highest concentration of speakers.
Bozal Spanish is a possibly extinct Spanish-based creole language that may have been a mixture of Spanish and Kikongo, with Portuguese influences. [2] [page needed] Attestation is insufficient to indicate whether Bozal Spanish was ever a single, coherent or stable language, or if the term merely referred to any idiolect of Spanish that included African elements.
Spanish-based creoles. Americas Caribbean Bozal Spanish (in Cuba) ... Mindanao, Philippines Chavacano (Zamboangueño Creole Spanish) Portuguese-based creoles
Philippine Spanish (Spanish: Español Filipino, Castellano Filipino) is a variant of standard Spanish spoken in the Philippines. It is a Spanish dialect of the Spanish language. Chavacano, a Spanish-based creole, is spoken in the Zamboanga Peninsula (where it is an official language), Davao, and Cotabato in Mindanao, and Cavite in Luzon.
A creole language is a stable natural language developed from a mixture of different languages. Unlike a pidgin, a simplified form that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups, a creole language is a complete language, used in a community and acquired by children as their native language.
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There are several Spanish-based creole languages in the Philippines, collectively called Chavacano. These may be split into two major geographical groups: In Luzon: Caviteño (Chabacano de Cavite), spoken in Cavite City, Cavite. Ternateño (Chabacano de Bahra), spoken in Ternate, Cavite.
There are several Spanish-based creole languages. Chavacano is spoken in Zamboanga City in the Philippines and is a regional language. [54] Papiamento is the official language in Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao; it has been classified as either a Spanish-based or a Portuguese-based creole. [55] [56]