Filipino, or Tagalog upon which it is based, is the probably the most well-known language of the Philippines. But the Philippines has over 160 languages the last time I checked. Some of them like Cebuano, Ilocano, and others have a relatively large group of speakers. A lot people think that the languages in the Philippines are dialects but that's not correct. The Philippines has actual languages, and I assume that there are also dialects of languages, which would probably put Philippine languages and its variants at 200 or more. Pretty neat.
Anyway, I just came across a song done in Chavacano, another Philippine language spoken mainly in the Zamboanga region of Mindanao. Chavacano seems to me like a Filipino form of Spanish. Here is the song, which also has parts in Tagalog. It's called "Porque" by Maldita.
I don't understand much of it except the few Tagalog words. But it's beautiful (although the subject matter sounds a bit sad). I love it. I wouldn't mind learning Chavacano one of these days.
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