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martin_nuke
Why do the Philippines have to learn Spanish again?

1. It's part of the Philippine Culture and Heritage.
2. The Philippines wants to have closer ties to Latin America the next Oil Giant after the Middleeast.
3. It's easy to learn because Tagalog already has many Spanish words.
4. The Philippines is member of the Latin Union http://www.unilat.org/SG/Organisation/Pres...es/index.es.asp
5. The Philippines had revived trade relations with Mexico http://www.gov.ph/news/default.asp?i=6245

Why do the Philippines do not have to learn Spanish.

1. The Philippines will have an Identity Crisis.
2. It's not practical for business (as of this moment).
3. The Philippines is not Latin but Asian.
calliezhou
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Why do the Philippines have to learn Spanish again?

1. It's part of the Philippine Culture and Heritage.
2. The Philippines wants to have closer ties to Latin America the next Oil Giant after the Middleeast.
3. It's easy to learn because Tagalog already has many Spanish words.
4. The Philippines is member of the Latin Union http://www.unilat.org/SG/Organisation/Pres...es/index.es.asp
5. The Philippines had revived trade relations with Mexico http://www.gov.ph/news/default.asp?i=6245

Why do the Philippines do not have to learn Spanish.

1. The Philippines will have an Identity Crisis.
2. It's not practical for business (as of this moment).
3. The Philippines is not Latin but Asian.



i sooo AGREE!
AzNboii
learning spanish.. whut a b!tch move
Hi Tone
he's trolling
romeydahound
kill GMA!
romeydahound
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And still the nation wants to reinstall Spanish.

We are disgraceful.

agreed
Jc2
I hope Philippines doesn't turn into another Latin American country where the native Pre-hispanic languages are near extinction
islander
^ In answer to your comment. Many American native dialects of smaller tribes have been lost. but:

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Quechua (Runa Simi; Kichwa in Ecuador) is a Native American language of South America. It was the language of the Inca Empire, and is today spoken in various dialects by some 10 million people (Quechuas) throughout South America, including Peru, South-western Bolivia, southern Colombia and Ecuador, north-western Argentina and northern Chile. It is the most widely spoken of all the languages of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.


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Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over a million speakers.[1][2] Aymara, along with Quechua and Spanish, is an official language of Peru and Bolivia. It is also spoken to a much lesser extent in Chile.


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Guaraní /gwaraˈni/ (local name: avañe'ẽ [aʋaɲẽˈʔẽ]) is an indigenous language of South America that belongs to the Tupí-Guaraní subfamily. It is one of the official languages of Paraguay (along with Spanish), where it is spoken by 94% of the population. It is also spoken by indigenous communities in neighbouring countries, including parts of northern Argentina, eastern Bolivia and southwestern Brazil. It is also treated as a second official language of the Argentine provinces of Corrientes[1] and Misiones[2].

It is the only indigenous language of the Americas whose overwhelming majority of speakers are non-indigenous people.


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The total number of Mayan speakers is over 1.5 million, making this family one of the two largest in Mexico


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Nahuatl (['naː.watɬ] (help·info)[1]) is a group of related languages and dialects of the Aztecan[2] branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family. It is indigenous to central Mexico where it is spoken by more than 1.5 million people


It seems in upper NorthAmerica the Native languages have not been able to hold against english too well.

Note: Just because there are million of speakers those native languages above, with the possible exception of Guarani, are
sort of under attack. These areas are becoming less isolated internationally so more pressure is being put on native languages. Also, it seems some natives that move to cities do not want there children to speak there native lang. but to speak the prevailing lang..


Anyway, it seems the Philippines local dialects have more to worry about english, which seems to be used more in the Philippines, than spanish.

Hi Tone
It's tagalog that overtakes the other native languages, not english
rzobeldeayala
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And still the nation wants to reinstall Spanish.

We are disgraceful.


no we are not
coolershaka
Make Welsh the national language. You'll really have a challenge then!
AzNboii
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he's trolling


nah.. its just a b!tch move
Barilin-Kita
Philippines as it did then and as it does now, Luvvvss to get fu-ked in the A$$. Endlessly!! by just about anything else but their own.


Does the best thing its good at.... COPY. COPY. COPY.
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