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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.
A Spanish creole (Spanish: criollo), or Spanish-based creole language, is a creole language (contact language with native speakers) for which Spanish serves as its substantial lexifier. A number of creole languages are influenced to varying degrees by the Spanish language, including varieties known as Bozal Spanish, Chavacano, and Palenquero.
Some places who were heavily hispanized during Spanish rule also speak Chavacano such as Iloilo City, Bacolod, Dumaguete, Cebu City, and Cavite City, [1] although the language most spoken in those cities are the original native languages of the natives, rather than a colonial language. In many cases, the number of people who speak the colonial ...
A number of Spanish-influenced creole varieties generally called Chavacano along with some local varieties of Chinese [7] [8] [9] are also spoken in certain communities. The 1987 constitution designates Filipino , a de facto standardized version of Tagalog , as the national language and an official language along with English .
Chavacano, a Spanish-based creole spoken in the Philippines, employs voseo, [10] [11] while the standard Spanish spoken in the country does not. [12] The Chavacano language below in comparison of other Chavacano dialects and level of formality with Voseo in both subject and possessive pronouns.
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