Tagalog: Canada's fastest-growing Language!
@toxic_lifestyle (1213)
Philippines
7 responses
I guess it is nice that parents are teaching their kids the national language.. even those pure Canadians.
@celticeagle (167015)
• Boise, Idaho
31 Oct 12
So 'Tagalog' is a Phillipino dialect? Heavy population in Canada? Interesting. We are getting alot of Iraqi and Afganistan people here where I live.
@celticeagle (167015)
• Boise, Idaho
31 Oct 12
That is very interesting. Maybe those I am not sure of are part Filipino.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32695)
• Calgary, Alberta
31 Oct 12
Tagalog is the old school language of the Tagalog region, Its more of a language than dialect. The Language "filipino" on the other hand is Tagalog with a bit of Spanish and English. Most Filipinos in Canada are Nurses, Doctors,Physical Therapists and Caregivers. So a Hospital is the most likely place to find them. Most Filipinos are multiracial so they can pass as any race. There are Filipinos who looks Hispanic, there are Filipinos who look like Pacific islanders, there are Filipinos who looks east Asians and there are Filipinos who can pass as white. so the reason why you may not feel our presence in your place is we assimilate well.
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@toxic_lifestyle (1213)
• Philippines
21 Nov 12
Yes! Tagalog is the primary dialect being used by most Filipinos in the Philippines. And somehow, I'm starting to be really proud becoming a Filipino because of this news. :)
@amaine (2027)
• Philippines
31 Oct 12
"Growth of Filipino population in Canada" - you got it right! Well, I know a Filipino family who just migrated to Canada, and based on their stories, their area is filled with Filipinos too. There's no wonder why Tagalog is now considered as the 5th common language in there. Based from what I've heard, Canada is open for migrations, especially in provinces like Winnipeg (is that right?).
@toxic_lifestyle (1213)
• Philippines
21 Nov 12
Now I see! It's just like the growing population of Chinese people here in the Philippines, so that many families were enrolling their children to Mandarin class in order to learn Chinese language. Because they believed that someday, we will be already using Mandarin as our main language. :)
@subhojit10 (7375)
• India
30 Oct 12
Thanks a ton for sharing this discussion. Well to be very honest, Tagalog language is completely new to me as i have never heard about this language before. Yes u are right, when a country is inhabited by a number of people of a particular community then generally their language tends to become a majority language and this has what has happened with Tagalog language due to the presence of Filipino people in Canada.
What say?
@toxic_lifestyle (1213)
• Philippines
21 Nov 12
Yeah right! It's a usual thing especially when a certain group of people were abundant into such places. :)
@jureathome (5361)
• Philippines
28 Nov 12
Much like Mandarin, since there are Chinese community in every country.
@watchamacallitz (1171)
• Philippines
1 Nov 12
This is something that we, Filipinos, should be proud of. Imagine, other nationalities are actually learning how to speak our own tongue!
@toxic_lifestyle (1213)
• Philippines
21 Nov 12
Absolutely! We should really be proud about this. Because our language and dialect were being recognized by other nationalities. :)
@rubrub (166)
• Philippines
21 Nov 12
thats really a good news... well that makes me very proud of our own language! that only means that our language is really good and easy to be learned. thanks Canada for learning tagalog. hopefully we can make some conversations using the language and see if you learned it correctly.. hehe
@toxic_lifestyle (1213)
• Philippines
21 Nov 12
Yes! It was really a good news! And I'm sure that all Filipinos who will going to read this discussion, will surely be proud of our race. :)
@cui_hezron (75)
• United States
26 Dec 12
Well I am a Filipino too :)
It's a pleasure to be proud of. HAHAHA!
I do really hope someday, TAGALOG language will be the 2nd language next to English which is an international language. :)
