Learn Filipino Language - There Are A Lot Of Advantages

English is considered as the most widely spoken language anywhere across the globe. A person who knows how to speak in English are able to communicate with other people even in non-English speaking areas. However, it is more advantageous if someone is capable to communicate in other languages aside from English since every existing ethnic group has already been scattered anywhere in the world and you may bumped into them from time to time.

It would be more convenient if you can talk to people at their own language, in that case you will be able to get precise information that you badly need especially if you travel a lot. For most of us, United States is one of the places we dreamed of going before our life ends. Although it is an English-speaking country, the U.S. is now a place of mixed ethnicity. Surprisingly, the Philippines' national language also known as Filipino is the fifth most widely spoken language in the Northern part of America, according to the year 2000 U.S. Census. Of course the first would be English, then Spanish followed by French, German and then Filipino accordingly with over 1.2 million speakers.

Learning the national language of the Philippines, is much easier, more convenient and faster than the others. Tagalog is spoken by syllables just like any other common languages. Its vowels and consonants are most likely the same with the English alphabet. There are even several words that are spelled in Filipino however, when pronounced it sounded almost exactly the same as the English word. This is because the Philippines' national language have borrowed certain words not just in the English dictionary, but also in Spanish. Below are some examples:

English Tagalog
radio radyo
television telebisyon
dictionary diksyonaryo
computer komputer

Spanish Tagalog English
la mesa lamesa table
avante abante ahead/ forward
calle kalye street
familia pamilya family

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