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English to Kapampangan Translation

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English phrases with Kapampangan translations

372 entries across 24 categories, compiled from published references rather than generated by the tool above. This set is compiled from general reference and is awaiting confirmation from native speakers, which is why each entry carries a pending-review marker.

EnglishKapampangan
Good morningMayap a abak
Good afternoonMayap a gatpanapun
Good eveningMayap a bengi
Good dayMayap a aldo
How are you?Komusta ka?
I'm fineMayap ku naman
GoodbyeMako na ku
Thank youSalamat
Thank you very muchDakal a salamat
You're welcomeAla yang anuman
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How English and Kapampangan differ

Kapampangan is an Austronesian language of the Central Luzon group, spoken mainly in Pampanga, Tarlac (south), Bataan (north). English is Indo-European. The two share no ancestry at all, and what they do share is three centuries of contact: English is co-official in the Philippines, so Kapampangan carries a thick layer of English borrowings on top of an older Spanish one.

There is no question of mutual intelligibility here — the languages are unrelated. What matters instead is that English is the pivot: this translator, like most, routes Kapampangan through English internally. That makes Kapampangan↔English the strongest direction available for this language, and it is why translating Kapampangan into another Philippine language is measurably worse than translating it into English.

Kapampangan is the outlier of the group: its question words (nanu, ninu, nokarin) and its word for name (lagyu) share no root with any of its neighbours, and its pronouns cliticise in ways Tagalog speakers find unparseable.

Machine translation across Philippine languages fails in patterns rather than at random. We wrote up what those patterns are and why they happen, measured against Ilocano.

How accurate is it?

English to Kapampangan is the best-supported kind of direction this tool offers, because English is what the engine pivots through. That does not make it reliable — it makes it the least unreliable option for this language.

We ran all 372 translatable entries in this phrasebook through the translator above and compared each against the human-written Kapampangan. It matched or came close 48.7% of the time.

The reverse direction is not equivalent. English → Kapampangan scored 48.7% and Kapampangan → English scored 56.8% — a gap of 8.1 points on the same phrase set, so the other direction is the one to trust more.

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Common questions

Is English the same as Kapampangan?
Kapampangan is an Austronesian language of the Central Luzon group, spoken mainly in Pampanga, Tarlac (south), Bataan (north). English is Indo-European. The two share no ancestry at all, and what they do share is three centuries of contact: English is co-official in the Philippines, so Kapampangan carries a thick layer of English borrowings on top of an older Spanish one.
Can a English speaker understand Kapampangan?
There is no question of mutual intelligibility here — the languages are unrelated. What matters instead is that English is the pivot: this translator, like most, routes Kapampangan through English internally. That makes Kapampangan↔English the strongest direction available for this language, and it is why translating Kapampangan into another Philippine language is measurably worse than translating it into English.
How accurate is English to Kapampangan translation?
We measured it rather than guessing. Running all 372 translatable entries in our English–Kapampangan phrasebook through this tool, the machine output matched or closely matched the human-written Kapampangan 48.7% of the time. It is weakest on everyday verbs (0%) and strongest on getting around (80%). The direction matters too: Kapampangan → English scored 56.8%, a gap of 8.1 points. Treat it as a helpful draft, not a finished translation.
How many people speak English?
. Co-official in the Philippines and the bridge language most machine translation systems pivot through — including this one. Ilocano↔Tagalog output is usually routed via English internally, which is a large part of why it drops nuance. Figures elsewhere claiming far larger totals for these languages are generally not supported by census data.
Can I translate Kapampangan to English as well?
Yes — use the Kapampangan to English page, or press the swap button above the text box. We measured both: English → Kapampangan scored 48.7% and Kapampangan → English scored 56.8%. That is a real gap, so the reverse direction is actually the more reliable of the two.
Is it free, and are there limits?
It is free with no account required. A single translation is capped at 5,000 characters, and there is a rate limit to keep the service available for everyone. There is no limit on how many translations you can do overall.

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Who maintains this

Compiled and maintained by John Smith. Last checked .

I compile Philippine-language phrase data from published references, check it against multiple sources, and measure the machine translation on this site rather than making claims about it. I am not a linguist. Entries I have not been able to confirm are marked as pending review rather than presented as verified.

No native Kapampangan speaker has reviewed this data yet. 372 phrasebook entries are marked pending review. See the phrasebook and its sources.

Translations are produced by a general-purpose machine translation engine and are not a substitute for a professional translator.