False Friends: False Friend, Embarazada, Pseudo-Anglicism, Languages of the Philippines, Chavacano Language

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: False friend, Embarazada, Pseudo-anglicism, Languages of the Philippines, Chavacano language, Differences between Malaysian and Indonesian, Arberesh language, Citron, Spanglish, Douche, Auto-antonym, Swenglish, Rehabilitation, Gallicism. Excerpt: Chavacano or Chabacano, sometimes referred to by linguists as Philippine Creole Spanish, is a Spanish-based creole language spoken in the Philippines. The word "Chavacano" is derived from the Spanish word "chabacano," meaning "poor taste," "vulgar," "common," "of low quality," "tacky," or "coarse" for the chavacano language which was developed in Cavite City, Ternate and Ermita, and also derived from the word chavano which was coined by the people of Zamboanga. Six different dialects have developed: Zamboangueno in Zamboanga City, Davaeno in Davao, Ternateno in Ternate, Caviteno in Cavite City, Cotabateno in Cotabato City and Ermiteno in Ermita. The Chavacano language is the only Spanish-based creole in Asia. It has survived for more than 400 years, making it one of the oldest creole languages in the world. It is the only language to have developed in the Philippines (a member of Philippine languages) which does not belong to the family of Austronesian languages, although it shows a characteristic common to the sub-classification of Malayo-Polynesian languages, the reduplication. This creole has six dialects. Their classification is based on their substrate languages and the regions where they are commonly spoken. The three known dialects of Chavacano which have Tagalog as their substrate language are the Luzon-based creoles of which are Caviteno (spoken in Cavite City), Ternateno (spoken in Ternate, Cavite) and Ermiteno (once spoken in the old district of Ermita in Manila and is now extinct). Zamboangueno Chavacano emanated from Caviteno Chavacano as evidenced by prominent...