![]() He easily guessed that she’s from La Laguna! We were then visiting the parish church of Santo Domingo de Silos when a man heard my wife speak. I remember one interesting incident when my family was in Calatagán, Batangas. ![]() And since my wife and kids have been living in San Pedro Tunasán for close to two decades, we have somehow imbibed the Tanay–Paeté dialect (most especially my wife and three boys). But my father’s side of the family all speak the Tayabas dialect (they’re from Unisán and Lucena). I grew up in Metro Manila (Parañaque, Las Piñas, and Tondo), so my dialect is Manila. Isn’t it common knowledge that Manileños find it funny how their Tagálog brethren from the countryside speak? That, I think, is also the reason why residents of Metro Manila tend to look down on their “provinciano” counterparts. On the other hand, the Tagálog spoken in Metro Manila (Manila dialect) is already considered standard by many for the reason that it is spoken in the capital/metropolis. ![]() In fact, many linguists and historians say that the Batangas dialect is the provenance of the Tagálog language. Of all the abovementioned Tagálog dialects, Batangas is the most well-known (famous for its “ala eh” interjection). Case in point: the Tagálog language alone has eight dialects. are all DIALECTS.įACT: They are not dialects. ![]() ![]() One of my pet peeves: that our languages such as Tagálog, Cebuano, Capampañgan, Ilocano, Hiligaynón, etc. ![]()
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