Nationalities and Languages

meganekko · Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 7:08 pm Post subject:

Ooooh, Alibata~ The syllabic alphabet of the Philippines~! I wonder if my studying of Hiragana/Katakana would've been easier if us Filipinos still used Alibata...

Oh, I'm Filipino (Half-German, Half-Chinese ancestry mother side), and like most Filipinos I'm bilingual: English and Tagalog (I don't know any other Filipino dialects).

I'm studying Nihongo right now that college is over. ^__^v
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Xristyan · Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 7:14 pm Post subject:

i don't think it would make any significant difference.. or it might even confuse you more...

one reason why its not used anymore since it is not sufficient to spell out some of the newer words... it doesn't have a character for "CH" so screw trying to turn my name into alibata... Confused

then there is the mix up of I with E and O with U... which is very much interchangeable in our language...

then there is the revised alibata with spanish influenced modifications... to make consonants be able to stand alone without a vowel that forms the syllable... yeah.. it gets complicated still.. Very Happy

but its nice to learn a few.. Very Happy

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Pasopati · newbie! Joined: May 31, 2007 Posts: 4

Indonesian (ethnic: Java)---> many languages ....

(1)
Javanese, one language with at least three different way in speaking and more than three speaking level.
different way in speaking ---> People of western side of Central Java has different way when they speaking in Javanese language compared with people of Central Java, and both of them have different way in speaking compared with people of Eastern Java ... strange ?? No! Very Happy

more than three speaking level ---> When you talk with a boy or a girl, disallowed to use same words when you talking with a king or staff of local/national government. Every word has its level in "polite" level.

(2)
Sundanese, a language of Sundanese ethnic, Western Side of Java Island with two level in speaking. I just understand but don't really good talker in this language. Very Happy

(3)
Indonesian, my national language, a lingua franca from Aceh to Papua

(4)
English ... sorry about my English Wink

We have more than 300 different languages, more than 100 ethnics and we life in more than 13000 islands (archipelago) between Malaysia and Australia. Diversity in Unity !

NeL · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:38 am Post subject:

Xristyan · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 1:11 am Post subject:

nel>> the thing is.. the alibata isn't really an original script...

it was derived from several scripts in south east asia... and even india.. Confused

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