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Chavacano or Chabacano (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃaβaˈkano]) is a group of Spanish-based creole language varieties spoken in the Philippines.The variety spoken in Zamboanga City, located in the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao, has the highest concentration of speakers.
Originally, the language of the area was largely the Subanon language, as the majority of the population was from the Subanon people who lived in their ancestral land of Zamboanga. Due to Spanish conquer, the natives were not able to pass their indigenous language to the next generation, who were instead forced by the colonial officers to learn ...
A few Spanish personnel from Spain [5] and Peru were brought to Zamboanga. It is not known if they stayed and intermixed in the city. [ 6 ] Later, the people of the city were called Chavacanos or Zamboangueños, who gradually developed a colonial language called Chavacano, a creole which became the city's lingua franca and the official language ...
The Zamboanga Peninsula played a central role in the Spanish–Moro conflict. It was the site of constant battling between Spanish soldiers and Moro pirate raids. While the Spanish successfully established churches in the region, they suffered heavily at the hands of Moro raiders, and had to repeatedly withdraw from the region.
A Spanish creole (Spanish: criollo), or Spanish-based creole language, is a creole language (contact language with native speakers) for which Spanish serves as its substantial lexifier. A number of creole languages are influenced to varying degrees by the Spanish language, including varieties known as Bozal Spanish , Chavacano , and Palenquero .
Zamboanga may refer to: . Zamboanga (province), a former province of the Philippines Zamboanga City, a highly urbanized city located on Mindanao, Philippines; Zamboanga Peninsula, an administrative region in the Philippines and a peninsula projecting westward from Mindanao comprising these provinces:
The Republic of Zamboanga was a short-lived revolutionary government, founded by General Vicente Álvarez and the Zamboangueño Revolutionary Forces after the Spanish government in Zamboanga, Philippines officially surrendered and ceded Real Fuerte de Nuestra Señora La Virgen del Pilar de Zaragoza in May 1899. On May 28, 1899, Álvarez ...
Poverty incidence of Zamboanga del Norte 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2000 40.36 2003 68.50 2006 65.48 2009 68.51 2012 54.36 2015 60.53 2018 45.44 2021 40.80 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Zamboanga del Norte Medical Center in Dipolog About half of the province's land area is devoted to agriculture. Corn, coconut, and rice are the major crops. The province being rich in marine and mineral ...