Best sounding Filipino language (dialect)

[crocopie]

In one conference I attended last month, I heard a middle-aged lady reciting Psalms 23 in Cebuano. I can't explain it, but there was a magic in the language that brought passion and strength in her voice.

Bisaya has a poor reputation for being a katulong's language and people who learned the language at childhood tend to have a stiff tongue when speaking in Tagalog or English (which is NOT always the case. Listen to the yellow-vested female reporter in this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdw3OR13Kaw ) Nonetheless, when I listen closely I think it sounds beautiful.

[bondgirl]

Cebuano or any Bisaya dialect, hands down. Cebuano is my local French and when I want some lambing, I will only ask my husband to speak to me in that dialect

Mabuhay ang mga Bisaya!!!

[lainey025]

chavacano tv patrol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yepbwy_X2Z0

i love this chavacano song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2lQqAGS8mQ

[beach_babe]

Cebuano or any Bisaya dialect, hands down. Cebuano is my local French and when I want some lambing, I will only ask my husband to speak to me in that dialect

Mabuhay ang mga Bisaya!!!

I second the motion

Ilonggos/Ilonggas too.

[ftwcp955]

Mine, ilonggo.

[purpleheadd07]

Ilonggo and Chavacano for me too.

[bondgirl]

I second the motion

Ilonggos/Ilonggas too.

basta Bisaya (because bisaya is a complex dialect )

i don't get chavacano nga lang i'd rather speak Spanish to understand it better

[chocolover11]

True! Bisaya sounds malambing, specifically Ilonggo. Hehe. How I wish I could have a Visayan-speaking bf. Magkakaintindihan naman kami kahit paano.

[bondgirl]

^^ naku sisterette kahit wrong grammar pa ako sa pag bibisaya, ok lang hahaha... naiintindihan naman eh. i not only like the dialect, i even want to live in Cebu or Davao

[jed_allan]

Ilonggo at Ivatan for me.

[bondgirl]

Ilonggo at Ivatan for me.

ivatan is the dialect of people of Batanes?

[lainey025]

you guys know any good bisaya songs.

astig nga nung chavacano song na yan...ang lamig sa tenga

[bondgirl]

you guys know any good bisaya songs.

astig nga nung chavacano song na yan...ang lamig sa tenga

a lot of Bisaya knows this song..forgive me but only a line i know..

"WHAT CAN I DO? WHAT CAN I DO? MY LIFE IS NOTHING WITHOUT YOU"

not Bisaya really but i always hear bisaya folks singing that hehehe

[lainey025]

it.ll be really cool if one day there will be a myx program for filipino dialecrs just like asian myx...people listen to non tagalog or english songs anyway...

[anilov]

Ilonggo at Ivatan for me.

Speak to me Jedi and i'll talk to you in Ilonggo. don't worry hindi kita uutangan tulad nung friend mo.


ont:

Ilonggo and Chavacano for me too.

[iconic]

anong dialect ba yung kantang matud nila? cebuano ba yun?

sa mga folk song maganda atin cu pung sing sing saka pamulinawen.
yun lang kasi alam kong folk songs e

[Vyer]

I'm an Ilocano. I've heard a lot of philippine dialects and I think Chavacano is really nice to hear. Though behind it's meaning chavacano means "harsh" or "vulgar" so it somehow turns me off since that is how Spaniards would perceive about the language. At some point Tagalog for me is still the best sounding Filipino dialect kung nagamit sa tama.

[Andtheskybled]

1. Of course, my beloved Cebuano (it ain't "Bisaya").
2. Hiligaynon (or widely known as "Ilonggo"). Sexy sila magsalita, especially when "Ilonggas" do it.

[Andtheskybled]

True! Bisaya sounds malambing, specifically Ilonggo. Hehe. How I wish I could have a Visayan-speaking bf. Magkakaintindihan naman kami kahit paano.

Mahimo ko nga tumanon ang mao mo nga tinguha.

[chocolover11]

Mahimo ko nga tumanon ang mao mo nga tinguha.

Lalim nung words pero naintindihan ko naman.