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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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