What can you say about the dialect of Zamboanga City?
“The people of Zamboanga speak a unique Creole language called Chavacano – a blend of Spanish and European, Mexican-Indian languages and other local dialects but mostly Cebuano as its substrate language. Zamboanga is the only city in Asia where the majority of the population speak Chavacano, according Mayor Celso Lobregat.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamboanga_C… “Chavacano (as a proper noun and a derivative of the Spanish adjective “chabacano” and as it is generally accepted in literature, the broadcast media, and Zamboangueños) or Chabacano (from the Spanish adjective) is a creole language or more precisely, the common name for the several varieties of the Philippine Creole Spanish spoken in the Philippines. The word chabacano—which the name Chavacano is derived from—is Spanish for “poor taste,” “vulgar,” “common,” “tasteless,” “tacky,” or “coarse”.” “The Chavacano language is the only Spanish creole in Asia.
