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What is the difference between Filipino English and American English?
Filipino English and American English are often compared due to their similarities in pronunciation and spelling. Due to this influence, the Filipino English accent is almost the same as the American English accent except for the fact that it’s a little strong compared to the latter.
What makes Filipino English distinct from other Englishes?
(1) Philippine English is RHOTIC, but the local /r/ is an alveolar flap, not an AmE retroflex. (2) It is syllabletimed, following the rhythm of the local languages; full value is therefore given to unstressed syllables and SCHWA is usually realized as a full vowel.
What is the difference between English and American accent?
British English and American sound noticeably different. The most obvious difference is the way the letter r is pronounced. In British English, when r comes after a vowel in the same syllable (as in car, hard, or market), the r is not pronounced. In American English the r is pronounced.
What variety of English is Philippine English?
Philippine English is a legitimate nativized variety of English. It is the language used by Filipinos in controlling domains such as science and technology, the judiciary, the legislature, bureaucracy, higher education, scholarly discourse, and the like.
What is Filipino English accent?
Generally, the Filipino English accent is a very neutral accent that helps ESL learners learn English easily. Besides the proper emphasis of the vowel and consonant sounds, Filipino English speakers always speak English at a normal speed. Truly, the Filipino English accent is friendly and comprehensible.
Does the Philippines use American English or British English?
Philippine English is based on American English Even though British English and American English arrived in the Philippines at the same time, American English became the basis of Philippine English for the Philippine Islands was an American colony.
How do Americans and Filipinos differ from each other?
They differ in a lot of ways. Americans are mostly white, Filipinos are dark skinned. Americans are mostly of European descent. Filipinos are of Austronesian descent. Americans see and use one official language – English. The Philippines use both English and Filipino.
Do Filipinos use American English correctly?
While Filipinos generally regard American English conventions and rules as their frame of reference for “correct” English, who’s to say the way (s) we use English isn’t (also) correct? Depending on the way you see it, it’s either a bastardization of a language or an indigenization of it.
What are the characteristics of Filipino English accent?
Typically, a Filipino English accent is going to have sound differences that are influenced by the speaker’s native language, usually Tagalog. These include differences in voicing, such as the p and b sounds, k and g sounds, and s and z sounds.
Why is there no word equivalent of Cebuano in the Philippines?
It is because the filipino language and cebuano really does not have an equivalent word. Singing (ALL the Time). Lots of people in American sing in the shower or hum a tune while doing chores, but in the Philippines, they take it to another level.