TVE news report on Chavacano

I've been playing around with Windows Movie Maker and decided to make a video with subtitles.

I chose a 2004 news report about the Chavacano language from TVE, a TV station based in Spain.

Enjoy the video. I speak Spanish, but had some difficulty with translating certain phrases. But I think it's pretty much understandable.

Since I study Philippine languages and linguistics, I put some of my own commentary which is loosely based on a blog post I did on this back in 2004.

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• chavacano
• chabacano
• zamboanga
• philippines
• filipino
• tagalog
• visayan
• cebuano
• hiligaynon
• spanish
• linguistics
• creole

[bdzerda]

600,000? When was the last census taken? That's close to getting extinct!

[csundita]

@bdzerda 2000. Zamboanga is very much healthy. The ones in Cavite, not so much.

[bosios083]

Chavacano influencia del mexican spanish o espanol latinoamericano? creo que hay muchos errores por ejemplo el espanol mexicano osea el el acento es muy diferente en todos los paises de america latina un Argentino no se parece en nada o un Boricua tampoco se parece en nada a el espanol de los mexicanos y asi mismo todos los paises hispanohablantes, cada pais tiene modismos muy diferentes.

[Guachinanggo]

@jbermud2

Chavacano is the native language of the Latino Zamboangueno, of the Cotabaten, Caviten, of Ternate, of Castellano Abakay people... and we are Filipinos by race and by Citizen of the Republic of the Philippines.

[Guachinanggo]

@jbermud2

Chavacano is difinitely just one of the Filipino Languages. although, the only Filipino Language which is not a member of the Philippine Austronesian.

[Guachinanggo]

@Qaalvin

both!

Chavacano Language is a Full Pledge Creole Language evolved ANCIENT Castillan with influences from Mexican spanish (latin America), Italian, Portuguise, Native American e.g. Quechua, Taino, Nauhtl, Mexican Indian, et.al., and from Philippine Austronesian i.e. tagalog, capampangan, ilocano, bisaya, ilonggo, subanon, yakan, tausug, sama-lauan, sama-banguingui, and other asian language i.e. Chinese and Japanese for the dialect called "Castellano Abakay".

[Guachinanggo]

@bdzerda

Zamboangueno one of the six dialects of Chavacano Language has the most number of speakers as it is the Official language of Zamboanga City with a population of 850,000 as of 2007, spoken by 75% as L1 and 90% of the City as L2, the Lingua Franca of Basilan Province, also Spoken in Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Sur and parts of Mindaoa, also recognized Minority Language in Semporna, Sabbah, Malaysia and the Filipino Disapora, like me!;-)

[Guachinanggo]

@bdzerda

Chavacano Language has Six Dialects and as follows:

1. Caviten (chabacano di nisos) -cavite City, Naic and any parts of Cavite Pronvince

2. Bahra (Ternateno) -Ternate/Marigondon

3. Ermiteno (chabacano de Ermita) - Distric of Ermita, Manila

4. Cotabaten (Chavacano de Cotabato) -Cotabato City and parts of Maguindanao

5. Castellano Abakay (Davaoeno Zamboangueno) -Davao City and parts of Davao Pronvinces.

6. Zamboangueno (Zamboangueno ChaVacano) -Zamboanga Peninsula, Malaysia.

[suprmax]

ThtOnePinoy you have such an ignorant mentality. This is one reason filipinos lack the ability to learn other languages and understand them because of mentality like yours. Pinoys learn everything from TV and since it's all tagalog this is where our life and country has gone. the only famous people now these days in the philippines are the same people that everyone sees on TV that speaks what? Tagalog! A lot of Filipinos have Spaniard blood thus where most of our last name came from. 

[Qaalvin]

Isn't Chavacano a creole based on Mexican Spanish, not European Spanish?

[Qaalvin]

@sirach I agree very much.