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Name: Chavacano
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Zamboangueño; Chabacano; Chabakan
Number of speakers: 293,000 (1990 census). 155,000 Zamboangueño (Holm 1989), 27,841 Caviten, 3,750 Ternateño (1975 census), 5,473 Cotabato Chavacano (Wurm and Hattori 1981) (Ethnologue)
Code: cbk
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Creoles and Pidgins
Parent Subgroup: Spanish based (osbc)
Child Dialects: Ternateño; Ternateño Chavacano (cbk-ter) Cotobato Chavacano; Cotabateño (cbk-cot) Davawenyo Zamboanguenyo; Abakay Spanish; Davao Chavacano; Davaoeño; Davaweño; Davaueño (cbk-dav) Zamboangueño; Chavacano (cbk-zam) Caviteño (cbk-cav) Ermitaño; Ermiteño (cbk-erm)

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