5 Things You Did Not Know About Filipino Spanish

[@rannellconesco1754]

The senate is currently contemplating to reinstate Español back in schools from elementary to college, which will make us Filipinos trilingual in the near future. Viva Los Filipinos, Hispanidad.

[@sike137]

Can you provide us a source please? Thank you!

[@reboltv4246]

legit poba??

[@jumelbautista4746]

sana magiging in demand tyo buong mundo

[@fasaja7489]

Awesome!! I’m Nicaraguan married 34 years to a Filipino man. We reside in SF Bay Area. We have two daughters with both cultures

[@JohnYuanElladora]

I think mga Tagalog ang magiging trilingual hindi tayong mga Filipino, may pagkakaiba po.

[@gerryyabesph]

As of 2022, there are 460,000 Filipinos who speak Spanish. Let's reach one million speakers by year 2030.😊😊😊

[@esense9602]

nag prapraktis na nga din ako mag Espanol. Isa din ako sa supporter na ibalik ang Spanish language sa Pinas.

[@BacefiDescubre]

Where do u found that data?

[@justinvillar7008]

Really? I never notice it, mostiy I notice English speakers and native speakers. If Spanish only never forbid indios to learn spanish majority of Filipinos can understand and speak spanish.

[@giofrancotrain18essence]

I can speak Spanish, i learn it from childhood.

[@RaimaMuhammad]

No native lol

[@haybuhay1994]

Subscribed and turned on notifications. Thank you for your advocacy. We're not strange hispanophiles, just people who feel like our identity is tied to the Spanish language and fills a cultural void that English never really can. Long live Spanish language in the Philippines.

[@raulmorveli314]

LONG LIVE SPANISH IN THE PHILIPPINES ! LARGA VIDA AL ESPAÑOL EN FILIPINAS !

[@JuanPabloPuentesV]

Excelente iniciativa Rafael y todo el equipo de Los Filipinos. El español debe ser recuperado en Filipinas, es parte de la esencia de la cultura filipina, por algo su declaración de independencia, su himno, gran parte de su toponimia, entre otras cosas, han sido en español (como gran parte del vocabulario de sus idiomas regionales). Por eso no es extraña la familiaridad cultural que sentimos hispanoamericanos y filipinos, tenemos una raíz hispánica, la cual al unirse con la raíz nativa (y africana en el caso de gran parte de Hispanoamérica) dio como resultado lo que somos hoy en día. Saludos desde la ciudad de Neiva, al sur de Colombia, y cuenten desde acá con un seguidor, con una persona que apoya su causa, que está a la orden en lo que pueda aportar y que espera algún día poder visitar Filipinas. Sobra decir que en Colombia siempre bienvenidos cuando quieran venir.

[@rafaaldeguer3642]

¡Muchas gracias Señor Juan Pablo!

[@neluna19]

Los filipinos no pueden escapar de su herencia hispana. Sólo miren sus apellidos, su toponimia, su religión, su comida (el adobo, mmmm). Los filipinos son también nuestros hermanos hispanos. Un fuerte abrazo fraternal!

[@houstonfilipino]

Mucho hispanos no consideran los filipinos como hispano, menos el idioma por cultura somos muy hispano… la mayoria de los hispano ni no saben q filipinas pertenicia a espana en mas de 3 siglos

[@shawnmiguelrivera2266]

We Filipinos ain't no hispanic tho. We Asians from the south east, we are indo-malay people bro

[@Kevin-zv6ds]

PH adobo didn't come from spain, it's indigenous, only the name came from the Spanish. A lot of pinoy culture is unique to just the Philippines as they retained much of their culture. Their culture and religions did mix with that of the Spanish, but they transformed or outright kept their own beliefs. Such as in folk demons, spirits, and even landmarks holding some religious purpose. Sure, filipinos should learn Spanish to further capture their own history and reap economic benefits, but Spanish & PH cultures, while they were close, are still very unique. The Philippines can escape that legacy just as much as the US can escape its European legacy.

[@Kevin-zv6ds]

@@shawnmiguelrivera2266 This

[@KLUTZPAYASO]

¡Oye Amigo! Quiero aprender más. Este video es muy interesante. Muchas Gracias 💪

[@raulmorveli314]

Muy explicativo y didáctico este video, felicitaciones This video is very explanatory and educational, congratulations.

[@deign_alvarez]

Me gusta mucho este video! Soy un filipino de 15 años al que le encanta aprender idiomas. He estado estudiando español desde que tenía 13 años porque mi abuela menciono que mi bisabuela es hispanohablante de Visayas por eso estoy aprendiendo español. Espero que el castellano filipino se convierta en un idioma reconocido aquí en nuestro país para que podemos hablar con las gentes de países de habla hispana. Sí, me encanta nuestra cultura de nuestros antepasados Austronesios, pero tambíen me encanta la cultura hispana que se difundio en nuestro país. Viva Los Filipinos!

[@LosFilipinosYT]

Nos alegra mucho escuchar eso, abrazos!

[@ernestojr.acosta972]

Soy uno de los Filipinos que hasta ahora habla español aún. Es importante que enseneñemos a la juventud de Filipinas la historia compartida entre España y Filipinas. No debemos olvidar las contribuciones que España nos había dado especialmente en su idioma. Vamos a esperar el regreso de Castellano a nuestras islas.

[@josiepena8305]

Is this the only video you have done so far? Looking forward to future vids. Thanks for clarifying that the Americans did not establish the educational system first, cuz generally that is what is presented from others., your informative historical research says otherwise. Thanks for sharing! Viva Filipinas! ❤ Be proud of our roots😊

[@bordoncarlos]

Yes Sir, we must also preserve the Spanish language in us Filipinos. Almost 50 percent of our Filipino words came from the Spanish language . I am learning just after I retire from work. Thank for giving the encouragement .. I am more inclined to form my learning strategy to further my knowledge in Spanish language and later speak well of the language and later communicate and also to use it in casual conversation. God bless you !

[@dennis12dec]

@@bordoncarlos The majority of the Filipino words are of Malay origin and not Spanish for example the word Carabao comes from Kerbau, at present much of the Asian influence on the Filipinos has gotten stronger from our neighbors and Western influences has weakened as the 21st Century entered.

[@chacri08]

@@bordoncarlos If you’re living in Spanish speaking country, I think you have to. Most Spanish speaking countries don’t understand English. My patients here in the US don’t speak English, what job do you think they end up with? Some patients we even need an interpreter- and it’s different from Chavacano. They don’t understand chavacano.

[@puglover4280]

So happy to stumble into this channel. My maternal grandmother spoke fluent Spanish and both my parents spoke Spanish. Unfortunately, English was the medium of instruction when I attended school and never learned Spanish. Hopefully, this channel will foster my interest in the Spanish language. Muchas gracias!

[@ericditan5539]

I had Spanish subjects when I was in college and I became relatively fluent in writing and speaking at that time. After some few years I forgot about the language since I do not use it on my day to day activities. Then in 2010 when i was working in a BPO , it happened that our bosses and stakeholders are based in Spain . And although they do speak English, I find it practical to learn again the language thus, I enrolled at Instituto De Cervantes ( IC ) in Manila. It was quite a surprise for me that the method of teaching in IC is different from what i used to when I was in college . Apparently, it became a challenge for me. I did complete my 6-month ( ?? ) course and my speaking skill then is passable . However, my writing skill is another story. Over the years, I really wanted to be fluent with the Spanish language until this time. I think it all boils down with my memory about my bisabuela who I grew up with. She is a spanish mestiza and I would be hearing some few spanish words or sentences from her from time to time. I hope that with this group , i would be able to ignite the fire of passion within me to learn again the language but this time , it will be for keeps.

[@MH-cp2yr]

I still have a copy of my original birth and baptismal certificate written in Spanish.

[@hijodelrepublicasur1899]

If the country embraced it's Hispanic identity more then we Chavacanos here in the south would actually feel more part of the nation than feeling like we're some abhorrent Spaniard lovers who reject the use of Tagalog as the national language.

[@YTmarcbautista]

Chavacano is such a beautiful language, it's good that it's being preserved in the south. It is disappearing in the north unfortunately

[@justinvillar7008]

Hispanic is not our identity actually, spain is actually our enemy, I'm a Filipino myself and I can see my identity as one of the SEA country, I can relate to Indonesia and Malaysia and other SEA than hispanics.

[@davidsanz1423]

Chavacano should have been the co-official with English and Spanish against the Tagalog because the language itself tells us the country’s heritage and history without the need og reading history.

[@antoniogutierrezjr7471]

It would connect you too all other Latinos who where colonized like us Mexicans but now you guys only embrace other Asians and claim Asian we need to reconnect Mexico 🇲🇽 Philippines 🇵🇭 you are our brothers

[@Sebastianproxd-rj6yn]

@@justinvillar7008 En realidad, España debería ser un país amigo, no un enemigo

[@roysalazar2132]

Me enorgullece aún más saber esto, nunca he conocido esas palabras pronunciadas por mi abuela porque sólo pensaba que eran partes de su dialecto nativo en la provincia, poco sabía que era español después de todo.

[@ACHeroesDeCavite]

Enhorabuena, muy buena iniciativa

[@Basta11]

Just as we discuss things in English, educated Filipinos discussed things in Spanish. If you were educated during the Spanish period, you spoke Spanish. There was no other medium of instruction. English only came with the Americans. Filipino/Tagalog was instituted in the 1960s. That being said, "3rd world" countries at this time were majority illiterate from Latin America, colonial Asia, to sub saharan Africa. Meaning that they were not formally educated in schools. This makes sense as these places were still mostly agrarian. It is likely that over 20% of the people in the Philippines during the Spanish period had formal schooling, they would all be Spanish speakers. A few more may have learned it informally on their own, or on the job as servants, soldiers, businessmen, etc.

[@podoand]

Excelentes los videos y la idea de crear un medio donde el idioma español perdure en la querida Filipinas. Desde España saludos a Raymundo y Rafael, junto a todo el equipo que hacen los videos. Gracias

[@rafaaldeguer3642]

¡Gracias Señor Vicente!

[@kekajotaele]

Acabo de descubrir este canal y estoy muy contento y conmovido. Es realmente emocionante ver que hay gente que se siente orgullosa de hablar español en Filipinas, y también comprobar en los comentarios de los distintos vídeos que hablantes nativos de español de todo el mundo, y especialmente de Hispanoamérica, sienten una total cercanía con los filipinos, con los que compartimos este precioso idioma. Por favor, seguid con este importante trabajo de dar a conocer el español hablado en Filipinas. Ojalá haya mucho apoyo de distintos organismos oficiales de muchos países para promover el estudio del español en esa preciosa tierra. Un abrazo muy fuerte desde España

[@lobito5869]

Filipinas también forma parte de la Gran Familia Hispana❤️💛❤

[@justinvillar7008]

We don't, in global census, Philippines is not belong to hispanic country and people, will go against the proven census? I'm a Filipino myself and I don't acknowledge that

[@reboltv4246]

​@@justinvillar7008nadale ka ng Amerikano bai ang galing nila mag baliko ng History eh sila nga mas marami pinatay

[@donniebrasco99]

Yes! I am a Filipino and I agree. More than 300 years of Spanish colonization imparted so many Hispanic culture into our own culture that it cannot be erased.

[@donniebrasco99]

​​​@@justinvillar7008I don't believe you are Filipino. What nonsense are you talking about? What global census are you talking about? Don't make up things.

[@justinvillar7008]

@@donniebrasco99 Why I erased it completely in my own being? I grew up not having hispanic heritage

[@nicholascauton9648]

Although I'm technically a U.S. citizen born and raised in the United States, I have an interest in learning Spanish due to my current surroundings in Hawaii slowly changing in its population with Latinos. Latinos have been flocking over to Hawaii for some time now and I'm noticing a slow growth of Spanish-speaking Latinos coming to Hawaii mostly for work. Little do both Filipinos and Latinos realize, there are A LOT in common than we might think it's almost uncanny. I have a couple of Mexican coworkers I've grown fairly close to and they're well aware of Filipino culture very much reflecting their own. My supervisor is even dating a Filipino so she definitely knows what's up. But besides that, I do know a few Filipino-Americans that took Spanish in high school and use what they've learned almost every day. They're not necessarily fluent per se but what they've learned turned out to be useful both inside and outside of Hawaii (particularly the mainland). I've made steady efforts to learning as much Spanish as I can. Whether it's watching Spanish-language shows and movies along with making friends with those in the Latino-Hispanic community, every day I'm always learning something new with Spanish. I even told a story to a coworker who was from Honduras where I spoke Spanish with a man from Chile in my old workplace and she was surprised that my Spanish was actually quite good. Edit: The Spanish sentence I told her was this - “Lo siento, señor. Pero lo se solo un poco Español. No soy Latino, soy Filipino.” She was amazed with my Spanish but also realized how confused the man likely was with me when I told him that. I later told her how much Spanish words exist in Filipino and because of that, she became a good friend to me in just a few hours. In a way, besides English, I could speak a bit of Ilocano (Filipino dialect) and Spanish. Though I would be lying if I said I was fluent. Even though I could hold a conversation in Ilocano, I cannot say the same for Spanish but I could at least pick up on a few phrases to try to understand what someone might be saying. Because of the slow growth of Latinos coming to Hawaii, I maintain my motivation to learn Spanish every day. Besides this in relation to Spanish, I’m even writing a fiction book where the main characters of the story are a Filipino man and a Mexican woman. While they generally speak English to each other in a North American accent, there are times where they have to speak Spanish with someone. And often the man tries but somewhat struggles with understanding what the speaker might be saying to him so he has his Mexican lady friend help him translate. Conversely, the Mexican woman has her own conversational struggles when someone speaks to her in Filipino and although she recognizes a few words rooted in Spanish, she often has her Filipino man friend to help translate for her. And because of this among many other things, they bond over time to the point their romance becomes more apparent yet is still subtle. The story is called “The Road Ranger” and it’s about a young Army Ranger veteran named “Matt Santos” who becomes a vigilante after his mother is killed by a hitman and the police refuse to investigate. His lady friend Maria Garcia is in the FBI but due to her lowly status as a fresh agent, she couldn’t do much for him even though she did make an honest effort to launch an investigation on his behalf. The scene I described with them actually takes place in Mexico, outside of their home country of Calivada. The story’s world is a post-apocalyptic version of our world where California and Nevada has formed into one country with a functioning infrastructure system, law and order, and military among other things. Anywhere outside Calivada’s border walls whether it’s Mexico, New Mexico, Arizona, etc. is where the post-apocalypse is much more apparent.

[@polepino]

What needs to be focused on for most everyone is the historical facts that for the majority of Spanish colonization of the Philippines (majority of time was during the Alcapulco-Manila galleon trade which was 250 years or so), most of the Spanish speaking peoples in the PI were coming from Nueva Espana (Modern day Mexico) and because of that the Philippines asorbed more cultural aspects and language from Nueva Espana rather than Spain itself. It was only until Mexico gained independence did the Philippines truly get heavier direct Spanish influence since the Spanish now had to go there themselves in the majority rather than sending people from the Americas.

[@dennis12dec]

Start speaking English now as Trump has been elected. If you speak Spanish he'll tell you to go back to Mexico.

[@ememe1412]

One doesnt need to be an apologist to the Spanish Empire but we cannot escape the fact that the borders they claimed is the seed that became our people and national identity. Because of the misinformation that has been ingrained by the Americans and later Filipino Nationalists in the way we see our history. Our old cook, born 1917, used to tell us that she never met anybody in Manila, until the war, that didnt understand Spanish. Those who went to school, especially the colleges, could converse and were fluent. She said all the documents you needed to fill, signs, notices etc were in Spanish and some English. Quite different from the 1927 US Congressional report. I remember being shocked to learn that my great-grandparents and up to three generations above that, spoke Spanish as a first language. (We do not have a drop of Spanish blood.) The switch back to Tagalog happened as compliance to the ideals of the Commonwealth Constitution for the formation of a National language based on a native one. The last of my relatives who spoke Spanish as a first language has passed away this century. My cousins who are either fluent or can understand, rarely use it and their children have no comprehension of it. It is a shame because for most Filipino students that study historical records of the Islands, they are reliant on translations in to English first. We have researched our family history and geneology over 200yrs in Lipa, Batangas. All parish and town records are in Spanish. My cousin leading the research has become competent in the language because of this.

[@dennis12dec]

@@ememe1412 Returning the Spanish curriculum will be rendered as "Unconstitutional" by the Supreme Court as it violates Article XIV Sections 6 and 7 of the 1987 Constitution and not one lawmaker has proposed it as the overwhelming majority of them are totally against it. If you can't abide by our laws then go elsewhere.

[@matthewandrew]

Soy Filipino Americano, estudió español. Adelante!

[@LosFilipinosYT]

Animo!

[@hansreginaldnatividad8054]

Creo que no podemos quitar de hablar español. Lo se forma parte de quienes somos: nuestra identidad, cultura, y orgullo. Me alegro que estás promocionando el uso de español y también me gusta ser un parte de una misión así important como esto.

[@clarencehammer3556]

One of my former co-workers was Filipino from Cebu. He told me that in his language all the numbers were the same as in Spanish. I used to see a lot of Spanish names listed in the obituaries in the newspaper and they were nearly all Filipinos and not people from Latin America.

[@LosFilipinosYT]

Yes, Philippine languages are heavily influenced by Spanish. The words might be written differently but once you hear it pronounced, you can clearly distinguish it as Spanish, from the numbers, to the hours of the day, to common everyday items etc.

[@brianfox771]

If he was from Cebu, he likely spoke Cebuano, a Visayan dialect. The numbers 1-10 would have been in Cebuano, with numbers 11 and above a combo of Spanish and Cebuano numbers. Though the pronunciation of the Spanish words would be very different from what you hear in Spain or Latin America, yet intelligible to a degree.

[@senoritadutton9759]

Hi. I would like to introduce myself to the makers of these videos about Spanish and Spanish-speakers in the Philippines. I am a Spanish, French, and ESL teacher who learned Spanish and French in college. I am currently self-teaching myself Italian with the help of the Lord Jesus. I think that your channel and your goal to keep Spanish alive in the Philippines is pretty cool. I do know someone who is Filipino living in the Philippines. I'm trying to learn from your videos, but would love to speak with you sometime by voice as well.

[@LosFilipinosYT]

We would love to reach out to you then! Is there a way we can contact you?

[@bugsnapoles3635]

Spanish was a subject in my college years (1968-1972). I remember distinctly our teacher Don Pedro Hidalgo of Naga City. However those years were likewise the radicalization years of the Filipino youths many of whom joined the leftist movement, the leftist were opposed to the spanish language. Hence we had to converse in our native dialect or in tagalog. The spanish language faded away but for a few. I myself lost the spanish as I ended up conversing more in the dialect, tagalog and english which supplanted spanish. There were a lot of american peace corp volunteers that taught english and american english became a primary classroom subject instead of spanish. Today seldom do I hear spanish spoken. I can only wish I could have preserved the spanish language I learned.

[@TheAlvarocampos]

@@bugsnapoles3635 Nunca es tarde. Puedes empezar ya mismo. Los idiomas que un día se aprendieron, jamás se olvidan. ¡Ánimo!

[@manontondalan9941]

battle of manila during ww2 deciminated most spanish speaking filipinos.

[@ANightDazingZoroark]

soy filipino y nací en las filipinas pero ingles es mi idioma maternal. desde era niño me costaba demasiado el tagalo pero cuando me imploré a estudiar el español hace 2 años lo encontré como fácil y también y me puse a dedicarme al idioma y entender las obras de nuestros antepasados desde así

[@Fernando-Diaz-Silva]

Felicitaciones Rafael y equipo por el excelente vídeo que nos presentan. Hay muchos datos históricos que no son conocidos y ustedes los aclaran. Existen muchos prejuicios sobre el periodo español en Filipinas que creo fueron difundidos con un interés político, engañando intencionalmente al pueblo filipino para que aceptara el sometimiento a los invasores estadounidenses. El idioma español-filipino es parte del patrimonio cultural de ese hermoso país y debe ser preservado. Saludos desde Chile.

[@carolusfernandius7120]

Que buen video. Muchas gracias por hacerlo, y por compartirlo. Es un acto de justicia recuperar el español en Filipinas. Un abrazo, amigos.

[@anrirove]

Felicitaciones por el Canal, saludos desde Bogotá, Colombia

[@TheAlvarocampos]

Enhorabuena por la iniciativa. Espero y deseo que no se politice y que se centre únicamente en conservar aquello que nos une y que nunca debió de perderse. Hay algún vídeo con muestras del español hablado en Filipinas antes de 1945. Soy un español con mucho interés en la historia de Filipinas. Si alguien necesita algún material para practicar el español, puedo enviarle alguna cosa. ¡Mucho ánimo con la iniciativa!

[@LosFilipinosYT]

Muchas gracias por las palabras de apoyo, estamos de acuerdo y necesitamos toda la ayuda que podamos conseguir, cordiales saludos desde Filipinas!

[@TheAlvarocampos]

@@LosFilipinosYT Dime un correo al que os pueda escribir.

[@JosephSolisAlcaydeAlberici]

To bring back Spanish as a spoken language in the Philippines, there must be an economic-driven reform to be done first by amending the 1987 Constitution permitting Spanish and Latin American corporations and individuals (with 100% equity) to come into the country without too many restrictions and from there, a favorable environment towards speaking Spanish in certain areas in our country would flourish. Thereafter, Spanish should be reinstated in the Philippine basic and higher education, not just as a standalone subject, but also as an alternative medium of instruction to English and Tagalog. Mass media companies should be encouraged to use Spanish for their content like news and current affairs and telenovelas. Public signages need to be changed to accommodate Spanish, especially airport and seaport signage. All government agencies (national and local) should encourage all civil servants to use Spanish in official businesses.

[@dennis12dec]

NO WAY , NO TO CHARTER CHANGE.

[@dennis12dec]

@@JosephSolisAlcaydeAlberici Well if you're dead serious, I dare you to file a certificate of candidacy before the COMELEC for next year's elections and push with your advocacy and let's see if you can get any votes for your agenda, I'm highly doubtful about it, and if you're found not a Filipino citizen you'll surely be disqualified.

[@ramelmalle]

Back the spanish language of philippines🇵🇭

[@dennis12dec]

@@ramelmalle None of the lawmakers will allow this as the majority are against it, the Supreme Court already have their say it is "Unconstitutional" .

[@Mrright1in7eyes]

My grandma speaks and read latin from the bible and shes a local province town girl all her life until death. She didnt even finish highschool. Funny really can even recite oracion at 3am and 6pm. Must be in our long bloodline my grandmother side is filipino spanish one of the first family in our quiet eerie town

[@FerdinandLayson-xb7yw]

One of the reason is Spanish language is included in our curriculum up to the 80's. Gracias 😁

[@lizmedina2527]

It was padre Burgos, _not_ fray Burgos. He was not a fraile. The frailes were Spanish priests who belonged to a monastic order and lived in communities (Dominicans, Recollects, Franciscans, Agustinians). The Jesuits were also a religious order but they were styled "padres" --- they were missionaries and did not own haciendas, rather they specialized in teaching and the sciences (Ateneo Municipal, padre Faura of the meteorological service, etc.). Padre Burgos, Zamora, Gómez were _secular_ priests, meaning that they were under the authority of the Archbishopric of Manila. These were the native and mestizo priests whom the Spanish friars resolutely kept out of becoming parish priests of the most important and wealthiest parishes, which they monopolized. The friar orders did not recognize the authority over them of the Archbishop of Manila and his bishops. This power conflict within the Catholic Church was not clarified in our history classes. GomBurZa were implicated by the friar orders in the Cavite uprising precisely because the secularization movement of the parishes was winning ground and threatening the power of the Dominicans, Augustinians, Recollects and Franciscan orders.

[@LosFilipinosYT]

Thanks for catching that, "Fr. Burgos" was misread as Fray Burgos but the reference all throughout should be Padre or Father Burgos, the good priest being a secular priest rather than one coming from a religious order. Thanks as well for supporting our channel and providing the backdrop that we at Los Filipinos think we should also provide to our viewers. Saludos!

[@TheAlvarocampos]

That was just one more of the many mistakes the Spanish administration committed. Had things run differently, perhaps we wouldn't be communicating in English between us. But it was like it was...

[@manontondalan9941]

filipinos saw an opportunity to be amployed in call centers that thier customers are spanish speakers.

[@spatsky]

The Philippine National Anthem is first written in Spanish, translated to English and then to Tagalog or Filipino. Only Filipino or Tagalog is the third language to come forth in singing our National Anthem.

[@AEA1492AO]

Según el Instituto Cervantes, en su informe de 2023 referido al idioma español, hubo 4471 RESIDENTES DE ESPAÑA en Filipinas en 2022, osea los "únicos" nativos. Además existen 461 689 personas que saben español; incluyendo a los hablantes de chabacano, que se asume tienen competencia limitada en español (según los datos de la Oficina Estadística de Filipinas de 2010). Estas cifras no incluyen a los 1,7 millones de filipinos que cursaron estudios universitarios antes de 1986, cuando era obligatorio aprender español.

[@josedanielrodriguez1126]

te apoyo. Saludos desde Republica Dominicana

[@Troy_KC-2-PH]

Pos sí, entiendo Chavacano pero a veces es muy confundido ... I also like Chavacano music but I myself am a "Angeleno" (Los Angeles born) I lived much of my life on the US Mexican border so I'm fairly fluent in Spanish. I understand Chabacano but it's a little difficult sometimes.

[@LosFilipinosYT]

Since you speak both English and Spanish, the chabacano languages of the Philippines would generally be comprehensible to you except for some vocabulary, but we are sure you will do fine! Some people think that Filipino Spanish is the same as chabacano but it's not, and we hope to clarify that in a future episode. Thanks for supporting our channel, mabuhay!

[@polepino]

What must be understood is that for 250 years of colonization, during the Alcapulco-Manila galleon trade, MOST of the Spanish language, and most of the Spanish speaking peoples, was/were coming from Nueva Espana(modern day Mexico) and because of that, a lot of the words in the Filipino language share more similarities to Mexican Spanish rather than Spain Spanish. Of course, the last 70 years or so of direct Spanish rule added more of the pure Spain spanish.

[@LosFilipinosYT]

Yes, agree. We published a video about Filipino Spanish and what the experts say about it, which basically confirm what you say here. Thanks for posting! Here's the link by the way to said video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXfQZ3Vqpt9rmbc

[@polepino]

@@LosFilipinosYT cool! thanks for replying and for the videos! I think its really helpful for Filipinos to understand the Nueva Espana link because I do feel they will feel more familiarity to Nueva Espana(which is modern day Mexico) than they will with pure Spain when it comes to understanding the influences of Spanish colonization because the Galleon Trade was the ONLY route that Spain had to the Philippines, they weren't getting to the PI any other way.

[@mariam2082]

Good luck to learn spanish Greetings from Spain ❤

[@eclecticapoetica]

my grandmother was born in the Philippines and could speak a little spanish though she left there when she was 4 years old.

[@LosFilipinosYT]

Indeed, there is an age level at which a lot of Filipinos could still remember Spanish being spoken in their environment. Sadly, they are already passing on and that's why we are trying our best to record and preserve the memories of Spanish being spoken in the country by those who are still around and who lived it. Thanks for the comment!

[@sidborromeo8409]

Our family spoke Spanish at home until Ferdinand Marcos ordered Spanish subjects to be dropped from the curriculum.

[@dennis12dec]

Sa panahon ni Cory Aquino na tuluyang binuwag ang Espanyol matapos maipasa ang Saligang Batas noong 1987, kung nais niyong baguhin ang Saligang Batas upang maibalik ang wikang Espanyol ay dadaan ka sigurado sa butas ng karayom dahil bantay sarado ang mga Makabayang grupo na tutol sa pagbabago sa ating Saligang Batas. Huwag kang nang mangarap.

[@dennis12dec]

@@sidborromeo8409 It was the 1987 Constitution that abolished the Spanish language curriculum in schools.

[@horaciomisa7625]

For the most part pinoys are hispanic in culture despite our lack of universal spanish proficiency. Our names, religion and traditions are proofs of this even with their very strong asian influences and background. Nothing wrong or new about this. Most of us instinctively know this despite what may seem as ambivilence and ignorance to outsiders. We know who we are.

[@philipjosephvanpeel5950]

Even when Spanish was mandatory in college it wasn't geared towards speaking Spanish conversationally but towards understanding the Philippine literature in Spanish

[@NelsonNelson13]

I want to learn more spanish language!

[@BobGaitos]

Hasta Pronto Amigo

[@Architelle88]

True my grandparents (abuelos) spoke spanish

[@hanielgaribay7623]

I can speak Spanish to a certain extent and can read it in well and I believe I can speak it like a native speaker after a month's direct exposure in a Spanish speaking country. Still, I don't believe teaching and learning Spanish should be compulsory in the Philippines. I do believe, however, that teaching a second foreign language, after English, is compulsory starting from high school. Spanish has to be one option for this second foreign language but NOT the only option. At top universities like UP and Ateneo they teach Bahasa Indonesia, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and even Arabic, in addition to Spanish, as second foreign language options. Being situated in Asia, Filipinos can't just be limited to Spanish. Of course, there's no stopping individuals from learning as many foreign languages as they want (I also speak French, on the same level as my Spanish). Learning languages (including computer language, hehehe), even just for the love of it, must be encouraged and given incentives. Also, for those majoring in history, Spanish must be compulsory, to acquire at least a reading knowledge of it, as part of the history curriculum, not as a second language option. This is to enable students to study historical and current Spanish-language documents pertaining to the Philippines.

[@ChildishSoap]

Magandang araw/Buenos día. Sang-ayon ako na dapat i-implementa ang mga opsyonal na mga klase tungkol sa mga wikang dayuhan katulad ng Pranses, Mandarin, Cantonese, Portuges, At iba pa. Ngunit para sa akin ang wikang Espanyol ay dapat i-implementa bilang isang mandatory na subject sapagka't mas marami ang impluwensya ng wika at kulturang espanyol/hispaniko sa mga kultura at wika ng Pilipinas (ps: tama ka na ang wika ay mas magandang pag-aralan kung nais at na-e-enjoy ng uma-aral nito), Sang-ayon din ako sa iyong sinabi na dapat mandatory and pag-aaral ng wikang Espanyol kung ipinag-aaral ang kurso ng kasaysayan sa kolehiyo/unibersidad. Salamat sa pag babasa🙂

[@57ffjjimenez]

Calificar al idioma español de "extranjero" en Filipinas es una broma,cuando fue idioma oficial hasta los años ochenta.

[@hanielgaribay7623]

@@ChildishSoap Ang pag-aaral ng wika ay dapat batay sa pangangailangang mapaunlad ang bansa. Kaya mandatory ang Ingles dahil ito ang kinikilalang pandaigdigang wika. AT siyempre, ito ang kanluraning wika na may pinakamalalim na impluwensiya sa bokabularyong Filipino. Kung impluwensiya ng wika ang pag-uusapan ay mas may impluwensya ang wikang Malay sa mga iba't-ibang wikang Pilipino kaysa Espanol. At ang Wikang Tsino ay di rin nakalalayo sa impluwensiya. Hindi kailangang gawing sapilitan ang pag-aaral ng Espanol para lalong maunawaan ang sariling kultura. Kung kaunlaran ng bansa ang pag-uusapan mas may pakinabang ang mga wikang Hapon, Tsino, Malayo/Indones, at Koreano, mga karatig bansa ng Pilipinas. Dahil ang mga ito ay mas abante sa teknolohiya kaysa sa Pilipinas. Ang pakikipag-ugnayan sa mga bansang ito ay makakatulong sa pag-abante ng Pilipinas lalo na sa industriyalisasyon. Kahit na napaliit na ang mundo dahil sa modernong eroplano at digital na teknolohiya ay hindi pa rin ganon kalalim ang ating pang-ekonomyang ugnayan sa Espanya at Timog Amerika. Asyano pa rin tayo. Kung mahilig ka sa Espanyol ay walang makakapigil sa iyong pag-aralan ito at malayo kang manghikayat na ito ang pag-aralan ng mga estudyante bilang ikalawang wikang banyaga. Pero pag ginawa mong mandatory ito ay pahihirapan mo ang ibang estudyante na mas nais pag-aralan ang mga wikang may mas istratehikong kahalagahan sa kaunlaran, lalo na ng industriyalisasyon.

[@dennis12dec]

@@hanielgaribay7623 Ang sapilitang pagtuturo ng ibang wika maliban sa 2 opisyal na wika ng Republika ng Pilipinas ang Pilipino at Ingles ay labag sa ika labing apat na Artikulo at ika anim at pito sa Seksyon ng Saligang Batas ng Republika ng Pilipinas taong isang libo siyam na raan at walumput pito nagbigay na rin nang huling hatol ang Kataas-taasang Hukuman ng Pilipinas. Sa mga Paaralang Islam o Madrasah sa mga kapatid nating Muslim pinapayagan ang pagtuturo ng wikang Arabo na naayon sa itinatadhana ng ating mga Batas dahil ang wika na nakasulat sa kanilang banal na aklat na Qur'an. Sa mga Paaralang Tsino lalo na sa pinanggalingan ko ang Kolehiyo Chiang Kai Shek pinapayagan ang pagtuturo ng Mandarin sa mga Pilipinong merong lahing Tsino.

[@mono891031]

Dice un dicho: un ingles se vanagloria de lo que bien hizo un hispano, y un hispano es culpado de lo que mal hizo un inglés.

[@luburan1973]

how do we get to learn Filipino Spanish?

[@aj.bg_]

i still need to watch gomburza the movie

[@charlesbarrios4774]

My father and some of his cousins who looks spanish speak spanish. I heard them.They're all gone. In fact my Fe de Bautismo is in spanish.

[@Armis71]

Where were you baptized, if you don't mind me asking?

[@forestotogetherness9870]

If you haven't already, start a patreon that offers Spanish (PH) lessons, along side this YT channel that would really preserve and promote Spanish (PH).

[@LosFilipinosYT]

Thanks, this comment is much appreciated!

[@forestotogetherness9870]

@@LosFilipinosYT I've got another suggestion. I would really like to see a video showing Spanish loan words used in everyday Filipino conversations, words like "para". Even words like "delikado" and "derecho" that have taken a slightly different meaning from the original Spanish ("peligroso" and "recto" respectively).

[@nicolasjuandecardenas7921]

Buena suerte en su esfuerzo.

[@davidsanz1423]

Some people back home still think that Spanish is a language exclusive only to the elite, white and mestizo. 🥴😂 I guess there should be education or info drive on this to break this misconception. I really don’t know where this Filipino obsession on ‘race or lahi’ is coming from. The fixation is almost like here in the states. 🙄 But far from the truth lol. Most of our Hispanic patients are of indigenous (indio) racial origin from Central/South America. Some can still speak their indigenous languages and that’s kindda cool. I personally think that Spanish is just like another Filipino language that has to be embraced and promoted. Until misconceptions and stereotypes are being addressed, it would be challenging to promote this idea down to the grass roots. I know of a heritage speaker who would only speak Spanish at home because of that. This family lives in Northern Mindanao.

[@jamcast725]

Dude reminds me of Gus Abelgas. Kudos!

[@mariateresamas]

Lleváis el Ilustre nombre del rey Felipe II, el prudente ¡Ánimo Filipinos!

[@startreker8591]

‘Creole’ mostly;the formal Spanish language’s basic education in our case, we had in the 70’s y btw our great grandparents had the forced immersion then…then the American English influence took over y so on

[@cryptospacexxxit6281]

good video. and you need bigger shirt mi amigo.

[@cristiancapapas6113]

Instead of having Filipino (Tagalog) as our national language can we have Spanish? Because we Visayan speakers are prone to bully by Tagalog speakers especially when our Tagalog is not as good as theirs that's why we prefer to use English instead.

[@Mr.Saturn0]

I'm sorry for hearing your experience from tagalog speakers just like me, I also prefer spanish also to be our language to avoid these kinds of bullying

[@jehgelo]

Ewwww. So you prefer a colonial language than your native language? Nakakadismaya ka!

[@Sebastianproxd-rj6yn]

@@jehgelo but friend, you have a colonial language

[@ralphskielarrakov1597]

Pls dont let out unique Filipino Spanish and accent go extinct. I hope we can make a school that can teach our future generations not to forget the language that united the tribes of the philippines

[@agentsmrty2566]

I am filipino and I am learning spanish :) wish me luck

[@arthurmoran4951]

if you are a real spanish speaker of the filipino variety, then you need to upload videos show samples of your accent, and do some comparations about the diferences and similarities with other spanish varieties

[@ChildishSoap]

You should try to give a few facts of the Filipino Spanish dialect

[@RaimaMuhammad]

The spanish native filipinos we more like Mexican Spanish and castellano.

[@ChildishSoap]

@@RaimaMuhammad i could kinda confirm that now, i checked Philippine Spanish phonology and its kind of a combination of both and Philippine language phonology

[@RaimaMuhammad]

@@ChildishSoap But it has also influenced from Mexico most likely than castellano because i think that castellano were used by filipinos elites.

[@RaimaMuhammad]

@@ChildishSoap I have seen a letter or a Filipino soldiers letters to each other and i can say its very Mexican sometimes. Also, they adopted a tagalog word in Spanish Filipino like ”malayo” ”katipunero” etc.

[@FCReggae]

Paulino Alcantara FC Barcelona. My Mom in Law speaks Chavacano.

[@peroqbonita]

Muy buen video , iniciativas como la vuestra deberían de verse desde el gobierno de España. Mucho ánimo.

[@risingstar9903]

And they say they’re not hispanic or latino

[@dennis12dec]

Better face the harsh reality that the Philippines and the Filipino society as a whole are increasingly Asia centric since the dawn of the 21st Century, a lot of Asian Pop Culture has been already embraced by Filipinos especially the youth most notable is Japanese anime evident during Cosplay events in one weekend and K-pop, Filipino scholars has been delving into the ideology of Pan Asian Nationalism inspired by Sun Yat Sen also of the late Encik Lee Kwan Yew , Dr. Mahathir Mohamad and others.

[@lizmedina2527]

Conocen este tema de Tam Tam Go (banda española de los 90 creo)? Cruzando el río: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKeTgmNjbrmkerc

[@LNR2023-o2y]

CHAVACANO is almost 100% Spanish.

[@CarlH08]

nah! i would say 75 to 80 percent.

[@ericpoochie]

Dapat nde nawala yung spanish na salita satin, i mean dapat tinuturo dapat sa school yung Spanish maliban sa English, tsaka dapat may sariling letters din , i mean ginagamit din natin yun alibata words, qng ang Japan at korea may sarili silang words dapat yung pinas sana nde nawala yun😢

[@zzzzzsleeping]

Spain erased the Filipino language, then the American eradicated the Spanish language and forced the English language. Then Japan tried but failed. What happened now? Well, today they have English, Spanish, tagalog mixed. Everybody is happy.

[@TheAlvarocampos]

Spain didn't do that. Just have a look at history and the dozens of grammar of local languages. There were places where the only people who spoke Spanish were the priest.

[@randomcamus9445]

On my channel I have a lot of music in Spanish if you want to listen ..

[@LosFilipinosYT]

We started following you as well, we will be doing music soon, especially Filipino music in Spanish. Hope you keep on supporting us, saludos!

[@antoniogutierrezjr7471]

That is when they would be labeled Latino despite being in Asia hey if Mexico for example was called Latino tho the ancestors where. Not Spanish speakers or blood

[@GlenAmparado]

Dapat ibalik ang wikang Español sa escuela.

[@dennis12dec]

Dadaan sigurado sa butas ng karayom labag din iyan sa ating Saligang Batas.

[@dennis12dec]

@@GlenAmparado Labag iyan sa ating Saligang Batas, meron nang hatol tungkol diyan ang Kataas-taasang Hukuman ng Pilipinas.

[@GlenAmparado]

@@dennis12dec ohh.. san po makikita yung saligang batas po na yon? maaari ko bang malaman?

[@dennis12dec]

@@GlenAmparado Article XIV Sections 6 and 7 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines. Bantay sarado din ang mga progresibong Makabayang grupo ng mga mag-aaral, guro at mga akademiko sa anumang tangkang ibalik ang wikang Espanyol sa mga paaralan sa Pilipinas. Kung gusto niyong ibalik ang wikang Espanyol dadaan muna kayo sa butas ng karayom.

[@dennis12dec]

@@GlenAmparado Nasa ika labing apat na Artikulo at ika anim at pito sa Seksyon ng Saligang Batas ng Republika ng Pilipinas taong isang libo siyam na raan at walong pung pito. Walang mambabatas sa ating panahon ang magtangkang ibalik ang wikang Espanyol dahil karamihan sa kanila ay tutol diyan.

[@tharakeo4677]

Phillipines, it just the people's who's .lives. in the islands of. King phillipe - !!!

[@tharakeo4677]

King ( of spain)

[@claudioringor8723]

Very difficult to recover now that generations after 1930 had not used castilian Spanish in most parts of the country. Tagalog is now the lingua franca, thanks to the Phil government imposing its usage from all sectors...schools, offices, businesses, etc. Feb. 21, 2024 today.

[@dennis12dec]

@@claudioringor8723 August is "The National Language Month" or "Buwan ng Wikang Pilipino" it was instituted by the late President Manuel L. Quezon, after WW2 it was the beginning of the end of Western colonial dominance in Asia and Spanish is not spared in decades that follows and will go on.

[@ichigomgx]

No thanks.

[@nevinmontiadora]

😂❤👍

[@demon6937]

Still want to revive the Spanish language? Where the language come from people who abused the Filipinos and how low they look at them and only the Spanish are the higher class. Even the Spanish don’t want to learn Tagalog, Bisaya, etc. people are still stuck to colonial mentality

[@jawaempire99]

It just a language lmao, also what the hell that logic?

[@chacri08]

Agree…

[@azwrathfrost]

This is a stupid mindset. Other than mainland Spain, there are 20 other Spanish speaking countries. Still useful if you want to comminute in Latin America.

[@gabriezoid]

cringe ng mga tao na minamalaki na sinakop tayo

[@Sebastianproxd-rj6yn]

Tell me, friend, do you know that those who made the Philippines independent spoke Spanish? The anthem was written in Spanish. The first president of the Philippines spoke Spanish, just like Rizar, and tell me, you don't usually speak English on the street, which is not a Filipino language but rather that of American conquerors

[@gabriezoid]

@@Sebastianproxd-rj6yn Gayunpaman, Tagalog, Cebuano, at iba pa ang ginagamit ng kabataan upang awitin ang pambansang awit. Nasa nakaraan na iyan. THIS IS NOW. Wala nang umiimik ng Spanish at kakaunti lamang ang nagsasalita ng English. YES, we were colonized. Yes we can speak English, but does that necessarily mean that we should be like them? We should praise them? Let me remind you that we are considered as monkeys by them in the past, and yet you still lick their boots? It is not BACKWARDS or CRINGE to respect our ancestors who tried our best to revive ouir native culture. Look at Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Thailand, etc. They love and respect their native culture and LOOK at them. Theyre doing way better than Filipinos who pretend that we're Hispanic. When we are MALAYS, ASIANS, AUSTRONESIANS. Learn some self-respect before you go respecting others.

[@Sebastianproxd-rj6yn]

To begin with, the entire Filipino population is not Autronesia, many are a mixture of Japanese, Mexican and Spanish, in some inhabitants of the Philippines and much of the culture and words in the Filipino language are of Spanish origin, look in remote places in Peru, Spanish is spoken and indigenous languages ​​together

[@hot2trut625]

This is not true. During colonial Spanish only the privileged, landed and children of Spanish are taught Castillian the rest of Filipinos could understand but could hardly conversed in Castillian language. Remember that during the spanish time there is no public school but all private schools are ran by priests and only those i mentioned above could afford to send their kids to school. Because Filipinos can’t speak Spanish they injected it in our dialects and it became creolic dialect like the chavacanos. The reason why Filipinos now can understand and speak English because when the Americans came to the Philippines they found out that majority of Filipinos are not educated meaning no read no write. They put public schools where English are taught. Castillian are the language of the elite in the Philippines back then now it is Chinese or English.

[@Sebastianproxd-rj6yn]

Friend, there were Filipinos who spoke Spanish like Jose Rizal and Emilio Aguinado. Also, the United States at that time had illiteracy

[@hot2trut625]

@@Sebastianproxd-rj6yn yes, as i said people and children of high status meaning the privileged elites can speak Spanish because they are the only people who could afford to send their children to private schools like Jose Rizal and Aguinaldo. I doubt Andres Bonifacio could speak Castillian or read. The rest of the Filipinos could understand a little bit but I doubted they could converse fluently nor could write in Spanish.

[@josephcada8888]

You are right. It was sad but true. Let’s fast forward to current times. If the Filipinos speak spanish, it would be a global dominance because we already speak English as a second language. The advantage of our Filipino people is we have the manpower to take all the jobs! We can conduct business in English and Spanish, we have the labor, trade and a strategic location between east and west. I am all about prosperity and I don’t have a resentment towards Spain. I am studying spanish because my wife is Colombian and I want to communicate with my mother-in-law.

[@chacri08]

Spaniards called the locals “Indios”

[@chacri08]

@@hot2trut625The Spanish speaking locals, the names that you mentioned above were treated as second class to low class people by the Spaniards…Remember what they did to Juan Luna?

[@czar7507]

Cory was the one who changed the Spanish language to be thought in schools if Marcos was still on power that time we should be bilingual today 😢

[@MartinGonzaga]

*taught *we are already bilingual, even trilingual= English + Tagalog + Bisaya/etc. *still IN power *WERE still in power We removed Spanish from the curriculum officially in 1987, but largely no one was speaking Spanish even before Marcos was president. Anong kinalaman nina Cory at FM dito? Wala. I would suggest improving your first two languages (and history) before lamenting the fact that we don’t speak Spanish 😊

[@fredrickabundo740]

​@@MartinGonzagaSabagay, salamat sa palpak na 1987 Constitution. Dapat trilingual tayo or let's say quadrilingual. Mas mataas ang sweldo pag marunong ka magsalita in both English and Spanish. Lalo na andaming Hispanic sa US.

[@MartinGonzaga]

@@fredrickabundo740 So Spanish speaking ang mga tao sa 1970? :-) 😇 Again, walang kinalaman. It just legislated the reality that no one actually spoke it by 1986.

[@fredrickabundo740]

@@MartinGonzaga Ah ganun ba? So hindi mo nakita yung video ng Los Filipinos Channel? Yung idioma pinasa sa mga kabataan ngaun? Tsaka ang ibang matanda noong 1970s hanggang sa mga anak nila ay hindi napasa yung pagsasalita ng Kastila? Tapos pangalan mo pangLatino di ba? Yan ang problem sa mga taong hindi wide reader na gaya mo. At may mga Pilipino na sinasalin pa rin amg idioma gaya ng Hokkien as a household language. At nagboboom ang bilingual call centers dito sir lalo sa Spanish kaya wag kang one sided.

[@MartinGonzaga]

@@fredrickabundo740 Kulang sa comprehension. If you watched that video, you would know that the decline began way before 1986. According to the 1939 census, only 417,375 Filipinos spoke Spanish or 2.6% of the population. This is almost 50% of the Spanish literacy rate in 1918. Source: Rodao, Florentino (1997). “Spanish Language in the Philippines: 1900-1940” Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints. 45 (1): 94-107. ISSN 2244-1638. You would also know that it was the Tydings-McDuffie Act that excluded Spanish from the curriculum of public schools in 1934. Meanwhile, the 1934 constitutional convention set 1940 as the expiry date of Spanish as the official language of legislature and the courts.* Source: Park, Paula (2019). “Reframing “Nuestra Lengua”: Transpacific Perspectives on the Teaching of Spanish in the Philippines”. UNITAS. 92: 318-343. In addition, in the 1973 Philippines constitution, during the time of Marcos, Article XV, Section 3, Sub-Section 3 states: “Until otherwise provided by law, English and Pilipino shall be the official language”. Spanish was already not included in the standard curriculum even then. Yan ang problema sa mga opinion based on one source which is a KZbin video na mali pa yung interpretation. Yes, learning languages is great. Hablo español y estoy aprendiendo en España también. However, it is factually incorrect, misleading, and politically-motivated to say that the 1987 constitution is the key driver.

[@MartinGonzaga]

So why is the channel deleting my fact check comment? Alam na

[@dbsvfaustino]

I still see all your replies from previous comments. Which one is deleted?

[@LosFilipinosYT]

Hi Martín, we do not delete comments as part of our agreed-upon protocols for this KZbin channel. We can see said comment posted several times within the thread started by @czar7507. We will be releasing another video soon addressing these points on why Spanish is no longer spoken by Filipinos today. Thanks for engaging!

[@MartinGonzaga]

@@LosFilipinosYT this one The decline began way before 1986. According to the 1939 census, only 417,375 Filipinos spoke Spanish or 2.6% of the population. This is almost a 50% decline in the Spanish literacy rate vs.1918. Source: Rodao, Florentino (1997). “Spanish Language in the Philippines: 1900-1940” Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints. 45 (1): 94-107. ISSN 2244-1638. You would also know that it was the Tydings-McDuffie Act that excluded Spanish from the curriculum of public schools in 1934. Meanwhile, the 1934 constitutional convention set 1940 as the expiry date of Spanish as the official language of legislature and the courts. Source: Park, Paula (2019). “Reframing “Nuestra Lengua”: Transpacific Perspectives on the Teaching of Spanish in the Philippines”. UNITAS. 92: 318-343. In addition, in the 1973 Philippines constitution, during the time of Marcos, Article XV, Section 3, Sub-Section 3 states: “Until otherwise provided by law, English and Pilipino shall be the official language”. Spanish was already not included in the constitution then [although there was a presidential decree/law passed after-the-fact], Yes, learning languages is great, and I encourage more people to learn a 3rd, 4th, or even 5th language. However, it is factually incorrect, misleading, and politically-motivated to say that the 1987 constitution is the key driver.

[@MartinGonzaga]

​@@LosFilipinosYT this one: The decline began way before 1986. According to the 1939 census, only 417,375 Filipinos spoke Spanish or 2.6% of the population. This is almost a 50% reduction in the Spanish literacy rate vs. 1918. Source: Rodao, Florentino (1997). “Spanish Language in the Philippines: 1900-1940” Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints. 45 (1): 94-107. ISSN 2244-1638. You would also know that it was the Tydings-McDuffie Act that excluded Spanish from the curriculum of public schools in 1934. Meanwhile, the 1934 constitutional convention set 1940 as the expiry date of Spanish as the official language of legislature and the courts. Source: Park, Paula (2019). “Reframing “Nuestra Lengua”: Transpacific Perspectives on the Teaching of Spanish in the Philippines”. UNITAS. 92: 318-343. In addition, in the 1973 Philippines constitution, during the time of Marcos, Article XV, Section 3, Sub-Section 3 states: “Until otherwise provided by law, English and Pilipino shall be the official language”. Although there was a Presidential Decree/law [because it was a dictatorship ;-)] adding Spanish to the list after the fact, it was not enshrined in the constitution. Yes, learning languages is great, and we should all try to learn more languages. However, it is factually incorrect, misleading, and politically-motivated to say that the 1987 constitution is the key driver.

[@MartinGonzaga]

@@LosFilipinosYT I will repost it now in 3 parts

[@jehgelo]

Do not subscribe here because this channel is pro colonialism! We Filipinos fought hard for our independence since before. Our real identity as warriors and great noble people in maritime asia long before we were colonized and destroyed will not be forgotten! We respect our ancestors. No to Spanish language and colonial mindset. We filipinos love our hundred of native languages and dialects hence we must protect for the next generation.

[@Sebastianproxd-rj6yn]

Hey, nice, your English, that is not a Filipino language, and the Philippines gained its independence in 1946

[@jawaempire99]

Yet, most Filipinos speak a mixed English-Tagalog that sounds cursed like Malaysian and Singaporean

[@chacri08]

I’m proud of my mother tongue- Panay Hiligaynon/ilonggo

[@salsacahyadi1992]

Akibat di jajah negara negara maju terlalu lama ,negara lemah seperti Indonesia ,philipina dan negara kebanyakan dari Amerika latin melupapan jati dirinya dari bahasa budaya ,percaya dirinya dan lain lain ,itu fakta dan mereka sulit berkembang kerena mengikuti arahan aturan kelompok barata yg tidak disadarinya ,karena sistem sorf fower propanda media electronik dan mudah dipercaya masyarakat yg minim pengetahuan .Jadi tergantung keberanian pemimpin negara untuk berani dgn cerdas mengubah polapikirnya dan berani percaya mengambil keputusan ,seperti presiden Jokowi mengubah segalanya tidak ketergantungan negara asing terkecuali saling menguntungkan .,indefenden itu sangat penting cinta negri sendiri ,meski harus hubungan dgn neragara luar dgn baik selama tidak merugikan negara sendiri.

[@james_the_darklord]

Let's learn the language of our colonial master who treated us badly and didn't consider "Indios" as human 🙄 that's great 👍

[@Sebastianproxd-rj6yn]

Well, it is the same Spaniards who gave free education and those who created universities in which native Filipinos could study and call them to the courts of Cadiz and by the way, the beautiful English of that country that betrayed them, justified their invasion with evangelizing and civilizing and treating them as a colony and massacres many Filipinos🙄

[@justinvillar7008]

Some trying hard to claim as hispanics, but global census denied that, if only spain never forbids the Indios which are majoeity of the population to learn spanish, Filipinos in majority is a spanish speaker now, but spain is so stingy, they forbid the majority especially Indios to learn spanish and as a result, we end up cannot speak and understand spanish, but americans never restrict us to learn english so majority learn can speak an understand english according to our professor. Some try hard to claim as hispanics, but we can't relate to spain, I'm a Filipino myself and I can relate to Indonesia and Malaysia and the SEA more than spain which are too foreign for me. I understand if you have spanish blood so you have spanish heritage but Philippines in general has no spanish heritage but native and our precolonial culture still survive and spain fail to totally destroy our culture.

[@robielbarredo7762]

Justin Villar, your name right? It's actually kind of hard to understand what you're trying to convey in English... Maybe it would be better if you speak in Tagalog or maybe Bisaya, heck, Ilocano if you're more comfortable with that. We speak all those languages. With that being said, before you bash Spanish as a language that us native filipinos speak... I would recommend you to do your history and listen to the video. Spanish was widely spoken and taught. However the difference now is that with the internet, social media, etc, english is more widely available. Back then, Spanish didn't have that advantage... but was still widely spoken due to education. Have a good day, and please... next time, proofread your comment. The team is having a hard time really understanding your point.

[@justinvillar7008]

@@robielbarredo7762 I speak english as I can, and since you reply it means you understand, and if spanish is widely spoken in the Philippines, go around the public try to speak spanish when you buy, pay bills, and communicating with locals like asking about the location or direction, let's see if the local Filipinos and majority can understand you and respond to you. even in your job if you speak to your clients or to your meetings giving suggestions to your workmates and employer, speak spanish and let's see if they can understand you.. Simply because, in spanish era, Indios and the majority are forbidden to learn spanish, only elites are allowed and Indios are multitude, while elites are just few, so it ends up, Philippines can't speak and understand spanish, unlike english because english is taught to all with no restriction. This is what I learned from our school even in university what spaniards did even their cruelty to the natives. If I speak bisaya, for sure you will never understand my native language and the rest here.

[@justinvillar7008]

@@robielbarredo7762 If I will speak bisaya, most of you here will never understand my native language, and how will I perfect my english if I never use it? And history? As I said, our professor discussed it, and we study history that time, spain forbids Filipinos to learn and study spanish, only the elites are allowed, and isn't it obvious to the outcome? Which Filipinos can't understand and speak spanish in the present and if you insist Filipinos are spanish speakers then try to speak spanish here in the localities, in the meeting, in conference and daily communication and let see if the locals can understand you and can respond to you. Try to speak spanish in the schools and university and let see if the majority can understand you fully and can communicate with you through spanish.. I study the history and that's why I know what the spaniards have done to our ancestors and land like how they destroy our culture, force everyone to become catholic and put to death everyone who refuses. I study our history and our history is common knowledge here from spanish invasion, american invasion and Japanese invasion.

[@robielbarredo7762]

@@justinvillar7008 1. Who said Spanish is widely spoken today? The point of the video is due to the past that it WAS (past tense in english to ha?) in the Philippines. And 2. That the language remains today for some filipinos who do speak it. 3. There IS a dialect of Spanish in the Philippines just like English has a Filipino dialect. I think you're over exaggerating and over-generalizing. Like I said, English is only widely spoken now due to globalization and the availability of learning it through the internet and social media. But even then with all the availability, somehow your English still needs improvement.

[@dbsvfaustino]

Where did you get your data? You may want to expand your research deeper. What you are saying the brainwashed information done by the americans. Spanish brought public school system before the americans came. The islands were already united as Philippines, manila was a metropolitan city where merchant foreigners go. Justin Villar before you comment, please do some research.

[@soo.ngii-]

filipinos trying to revive a language that doesnt originate grom our country / was brung by colonizers is crazy 💀

[@Mr.Saturn0]

Then why are you speaking english then, if you're concerned about the revival of spanish in the Philippines?

[@soo.ngii-]

@@Mr.Saturn0 the difference is i was born in the US raised in the US. Marunong naman ako mag tagalog, wag mo akong subukin beh 💀 i have valid points what about it? 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Sebastianproxd-rj6yn]

The difference is that you forget a language that is part of your culture, wondering why it has names in Spanish.

[@soo.ngii-]

@@Sebastianproxd-rj6yn i dont understand your point, if you're talking about last names being fromspanishorigin, the filipino people were forced togiveup their authentic filipino last names for spanish ones from a list.

[@Sebastianproxd-rj6yn]

@@soo.ngii- There are even surnames of Filipino origin when the Spanish colonization arrived, their names were changed when they were baptized

[@cambio161_official]

It is good you are speaking spanish But Filipinos are majority Austronesian and we should be more Indio than mestizo-like We should only study spanish for the mark of history, and for OFW purposes, not for our own hispanizing ourselves Bonus; we should also learn Bahasa, so the rest of Maphilindo can understand us, also as one Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) Family

[@ChildishSoap]

Im starting to get sick and tired of Filipino's saying "oh but we're Austronesian so we should learn Bahasa"Just because we're Austronesian we have to learn Bahasa???? I simply reject that logic Its the same thing as calling French, Spanish, Portuguese,Italians,Romanians and Moldovans to learn Latin because they they're part of the Latin family

[@ChildishSoap]

2: Stop focusing on the indio side and realize that the Filipino cultures are a Mestizo Culture (Native and Foreign mix) so we should protect both

[@ChildishSoap]

3: I reject that we should only learn Spanish for history and OFW purposes because it is also culturally important to us.

[@kreglossantos]

Ngaun puro geng geng na mga salita ng mga Noypi 😂 Puro trashtalk ka pa karamihan. 😂😂