زبان چاباکانو

Also known as Chabacano, Chavacano language, Chabacano language, Zamboangueño language, Zamboangueño

Chavacano or Chabacano () 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. Other currently existing varieties are found in Cavite City and Ternate, located in the Cavite province on the island of Luzon. Chavacano is the only Spanish-based creole in Asia. The 2020 Census of Population and Housing counted 106,000 households generally speaking Chavacano.

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Chavacano is a Spanish-based creole language spoken in the Philippines, with the largest community in Zamboanga City in Mindanao, and smaller groups in Cavite province on Luzon. It is notable as Asia's only Spanish-based creole language, with approximately 106,000 households speaking it as of the 2020 census.

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Key facts

Language.name: Chavacano
Language.altname: Chabacano
Language.states: Philippines
Language.speakers: 700,000 native speakers of Zamboangueño; 1.2 million of Zamboangueño as a second language;
Language.date: 1992
Language.familycolor: Creole
Language.fam1: Spanish-based creole
Language.region: Zamboanga City and Basilan (Zamboangueño and Basileño), Cavite City (Caviteño) and Ternate, Cavite (Ternateño/Bahra)
Language.nation: Regional language in the Philippines
Language.agency: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Language.iso3: cbk
Language.glotto: chav1241
Language.glottorefname: Chavacano
Language.lingua: 51-AAC-ba
Language.script: Latin (Spanish alphabet)
Language.map: Chavacano language map.png
Language.notice: IPA