Is there such a person that is famous for speaking the most Philipine Languages today? And do you know anyone personally who can speak many Filipino languages?

well I only really am familiar with one. but if i try hard enuff, I can speak waray but i can easily understand it. hmm...my parents can speak 2 filipino dialects.

No other than President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo!

She could speak Spanish, French, English , Ilocano, Pangalatok, Filipino (Tagalog), Cebuano, Ilonggo, Kapampangan and Chavacano.

really wow thats pretty kool. at least she's smart and hopefully knows what she is doing.

Actually she had stayed in several provinces during her childhood that is probably she could speak a lot of those dialects.

wow thats cool GMA!!! so has she offically become president? or is there some debate over it?

well i wonder is GMA compared to Rizal? haha

r u kiddin me? no way, i dont think any1 could ever compare to Rizal. his legend is juz too great. it's like trying to compare the new US presidents of 2day to past presidents of old like Lincoln or Washington.

i have to agree with halohalo with this one, it would take like 50 GMAs to compare someone like Rizal....

Linguists? Not so much !

She could only speak few .

Rizal had 22 languages and dialects.
Intellectually? , No........................ She is a teacher, businesswoman, economist, legislator and a president...............

Rizal had more qualifications .......................

im talking about language wise

Hindi parin................

Cooll facts, What I know is that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo speak fluent Spanish it is because both of her parents Eva Macapagal and Diosdado Macapagal speaks Spanish.

Former President Corazon Aquino can speak conversational French.

I can curse in spanish! hahaha i can especially curse GMA in spanish... ssshhhhh! well, Maaram ako guti hin waray. Tatao ako magbicolano, syempre! asin mga subdialect sa Bicol... nakasabot man ako gamay nga cebuano. chavacano? i can follow a conversation... pero wala pa rin sa hinagap ko ang maging panggulo este pangulo pala...

si GMA? language wise ikukumpara ki JPR? di hamak na mas maraming alam si Kaka Jose!

Jose Rizal had died hundreds of years ago........

And people still looked up to Rizal for inspiration! and who was it who said: Ang hindi lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makakarating sa paroroonan!

Basta, ba grounded in the present eh! hihihihi

WOW! that's very interesting.

of cousre she has to learn speaking those dialects for her to be understood by her constituents...

Nakakaasar nga yong mga SONA, kasi sa wikang English! eh samantalang mga Filipino ang tagapakinig! Kanina sa pre-inaugural address, Wikang English din yong pambungad nyang bati!

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo had spoke Cebuano thanking the Cebuanos for the landslide victory in Cebu in Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral

Hindi baga kasam yon sa prepared speech nya? Daghan salamat, etc. etc.? Mabuti naman kung gayon...

I think knowing many Philippine dialects and languages can help unify and unite our country!