different laguages
By clarah_cille
@clarah_cille (654)
Philippines
February 5, 2007 3:58am CST
from all over the world, philippines is the most unique country because it has 8 major dialects that are being used until now. but its not a hindrance not to understand with each other. people from different provinces in the philippines knows how to adopt or adjust to wherever they reached. we also have the tagalog as the national language of the country and english in which we are fluent as well as the world's international language, used by millions of people all over the world. isn't is amazing that even if we do have different languages, we are still able to meet and befriend those people.
2 responses
@victorwzj (539)
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5 Feb 07
Yeah , different language is not a big* problem. I grow up in similar environment. In malaysia there are three major race, malay, chinese and indian. Malaysian national language were malay and also being use as deliver language at school, English is taught as second language. Malay usually only know how to speak two language while chinese and indian will know how to speak three language including mother tongue. Not all chinese and indian speak perfect malay and we mixing malay , english and chinese language together in order to communicate better in market place . We call it "rojak language" and usually only the senior / elderly who used it since they didn't have much education when they are young. I do make allot of friends from other race(s) with malay language alone since it is the national language. This prove that language is not a barrier to making friends and human are being that can communicate without understand each other language . I am sure you heard of body language and in some culture bowing are mean of respect and sorry depending on the timing of the usage.
@victorwzj (539)
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5 Feb 07
The only barrier to making friends were personality and racism . If a person personality were introvert , shy or arrogant then it is hard for him or her to make friends unless his or her surrounding people were nice and friendly. racism is a big set back in making friend with other races and because of it people don't even have chance to know the person. People need to be interacting in order to be come friends .. and one of the best friend condition is only if both of them were really true and honest to each other.
@clarah_cille (654)
• Philippines
6 Feb 07
yes you're right! languages or races is not a hindrance for people to make friends around the globe. its really the attitude that counts much and the honesty.
@clarah_cille (654)
• Philippines
6 Feb 07
i see, then your country is quite amazing also for having such number of dialects.(",)
