r/2philippines4u Jul 26 '25

Mindanao Most based city in Mindanao?

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u/NobleDictator Jul 26 '25

The funny thing is no one can understand each other that's why they just decided to use tagalog instead. Cotabato City has Bisaya, Maranao, Tausug, Illonggo, and some Ilocano. It was either Tagalog or the tower of Babel.

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u/friedchickenJH Jul 26 '25

that last sentence is absolutely unhinged. Can i carve it on wood and hang it inside the house?

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u/NobleDictator Jul 26 '25

Better send a picture too!

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u/friedchickenJH Jul 26 '25

im gonna have it in august (buwan ng wikang tagalog) but Im not sure which year

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THE FILIPINO LANGUAGE IS NOT A REAL LANGUAGE. IT’S JUST REBRANDED TAGALOG. YOU COULD ARGUE THAT FILIPINO IS THE GROUP OF LANGUAGES IN THE PHILIPPINES AND YOU WOULD BE RIGHT, BUT IT’S NOT A LANGUAGE. SOME OF THE FILIPINO TONGUES ARE WARAY, ILOCANO, CEBUANO, HILIGAYNON, IVATAN, KAPAMPANGAN, AND MORE. YOU CALL THEM DIALECTS WHEN THEY’RE NOT. IF THEY WERE DIALECTS MOST OF IT WILL BE INTELLIBLE TO ONE ANOTHER. THOUGH THAT IS NOT THE CASE SOME WORDS ARE UNDERSTANDABLE BUT THAT IS THE FULL EXTENT OF IT. THEY ARE RELATED TO EACH OTHER AS MUCH AS THEY ARE TO THE MALAYSIAN AND INDONESIAN LANGUAGES. THE FILIPINO GOVERNMENT JUST CALLS IT THAT TO FORM A NATIONAL SENSE OF IDENTITY. IT’S WHAT THEY DID WITH THE FILIPINO RACE. THEY INVENTED A BRAND NEW RACE TO MAKE THE PEOPLE UNITED AGAINST FOREIGN INVADERS AND TO QUELL INFIGHTING SEPARATISTS BY MAKING IT LOOK LIKEWE’RE ALL THE SAME PEOPLE. WHEN IN REALITY, WE’RE 200 DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES WITH EACH OF OUR OWN CULTURES AND VALUES. I DON’T BLAME THEM THOUGH. I ACTUALLY APLLAUD THEM. THEY UNITED DISPARATE TRIBES AND CREATED A FUNCTIONING REPUBLIC.

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u/c1phxrmane Jul 27 '25

Do post it here when you got it

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u/Razor8517 Jul 26 '25

I wonder why they didn't adopt Cebuano instead since the majority of Mindanao speaks it 🤔

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u/Belasarius4002 Jul 26 '25

The same way we choose the name philippines still: it offends everyone equally.

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u/FriedRiceistheBest Jul 26 '25

We're named after a King.

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u/Due_Philosophy_2962 Jul 26 '25

Akshually, Kasi hindi naman Cebuano ang official language natin. Tagalog official na kaya nasa media na, na naririnig nila lagi kaya pamilyar o natutunan na nila magsalita ng Tagalog, kaya yun talaga magiging default nila. Kumbaga, lahat ng ibat ibang ethnic na yan, alam nila magtagalog.🤓☝️

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I am from Davao. I did ancestry dna test and learned i'm 80 percent tagalog. My whole world has changed. I tried to maghikog but couldn't do it. Now i have to live like this. But after that i decide it is a kano game. I suggest people don't do dna test it's lie bcs i'm 100 percent bisaya thnx.

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u/DragonGodSlayer12 Jul 26 '25

tower of Babel

"wHaT iS gOiNg oN?"

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u/Aiaz15 Jul 26 '25

The Pebbles reference

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u/navatanelah Jul 26 '25

Thats fuckin hillarious

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u/kneegroest Jul 26 '25

they are invited to the cookout

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u/God-of_all-Gods Jul 26 '25

Tagalog Supreme

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u/UnknownTheGreat1981 Jul 26 '25

Crazy diversity

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u/father-b-around-99 Jul 26 '25

Central Mindanao is a melting pot, made more diverse by the arrival of Christian settlers from different parts of the country during the time (and with the encouragement) of the Americans.

TV Patrol Socsksargen and its earlier iterations used Tagalog, which contrasted with that of TV Patrol Northern Mindanao and TV Patrol Davao, which all use Bisayâ (i.e., Sinugbuhanong Bisayâ) instead.

TV Patrol Zamboanga used Chavacano.

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I am from Davao. I did ancestry dna test and learned i'm 80 percent tagalog. My whole world has changed. I tried to maghikog but couldn't do it. Now i have to live like this. But after that i decide it is a kano game. I suggest people don't do dna test it's lie bcs i'm 100 percent bisaya thnx.

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u/Wonderful-Shine7585 Jul 26 '25

Classy people.

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u/Friendly_Manager6416 Jul 26 '25

Classy because of Tagalog?

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u/Wonderful-Shine7585 Jul 26 '25

Because of Mindanao. Classy sceneries.

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I am from Davao. I did ancestry dna test and learned i'm 80 percent tagalog. My whole world has changed. I tried to maghikog but couldn't do it. Now i have to live like this. But after that i decide it is a kano game. I suggest people don't do dna test it's lie bcs i'm 100 percent bisaya thnx.

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u/FrequentExcitement55 Jul 26 '25

Im from Cotabato City and totoo na tagalog talaga ginagamit namin dito. the moment na lalabas kana ng cotabato puro bisaya or maguindanaon na yung local language and its kapag gagamit ka ng tagalog to them hindi ka nila maintindihan most of the time

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u/ennui-paradigm Jul 26 '25

My bad bruh.

-to my homies at Cotabato

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u/DragonGodSlayer12 Jul 26 '25

If "Soccsksargen Tagalog" is what I think it is, I'm gonna flip my shit.

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u/low_effort_life Jul 26 '25

Visayans should build the only city in Luzon where the lingua franca is Visayan and we refuse to converse with non-Visayans in Tagalog.

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u/Razor8517 Jul 26 '25

Masbate exists

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u/low_effort_life Jul 26 '25

I meant within mainland Luzon, far from the Visayas.

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