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Is Tagalog one of the hardest languages to learn?

Is Tagalog one of the hardest languages to learn?

Tagalog is relatively difficult for English speakers to learn. This is mostly because of major grammatical differences (especially verb-pronoun relationships) and the origins of its vocabulary. However, Tagalog pronunciation and writing are straightforward, and a few grammatical features are refreshingly simple.

Is Tagalog different from Bisaya?

Tagalog is the native language of over a quarter of the population, approximately 27 million people in the Philippines give and take. Bisaya is the native language of around 22 million people in the Philippines. The dominance of these two language is clear.

Is Bisaya a language or a dialect?

Cebuano is closely related to the languages of the Hiligaynon (Ilongo) and Waray-Waray, and it is sometimes grouped with those languages as a dialect of Visayan (Bisayan). Cebuano speakers constitute about one-fifth of the population of the Philippines and are the second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.

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What is the difference between Bisaya and Cebuano?

There is difference between the two. Cebuano is a native of Cebu. It also refers to dialect spoken in Cebu. Visayan are people living in Visayas Islands that include Cebu, Panay (Iloilo and other provinces), Negros, Bohol, Siquijor, Samar and Leyte.

How hard is Bisaya to learn?

Coño Cebuano (Bisaya-Cebuano-English mixture) is not that hard to learn. If you live in Cebu City and don’t go anywhere else especially to the mountains, then yes, you don’t have to exert an effort on learning the language. However, going to the areas that are not exposed to the outside world will be a different case.

Is Bisaya a Filipino language?

Cebuano is the lingua franca of the Central Visayas, western parts of Eastern Visayas, some western parts of Palawan and most parts of Mindanao….Cebuano language.

Cebuano
Language family Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Central Philippine Visayan Cebuano
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Is Cebuano a mother tongue?

Cebuano is the lingua franca of the Central Visayas, western parts of Eastern Visayas, some western parts of Palawan and most parts of Mindanao….Cebuano language.

Cebuano
Native speakers 27.5 million (2020)
Language family Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Central Philippine Visayan Cebuano

Why is Filipino subject hard?

1. Conjugating Filipino verbs is hard. Unlike English, Filipino verbs operate under a different set of rules. English has verbs just adding -ed, -s, -ing, or just outright changing the spelling whereas Filipino verbs have in, um, mag, nag, and all sorts of other things with another set of rules even in positioning.