“Blue” in every Philippine language
Blue across 9 languages, and what the differences tell you.
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Side by side
| Language | Blue |
|---|---|
| English | Blue |
| Tagalog | Asul |
| Ilocano | Asul |
| Cebuano | Asul |
| Hiligaynon | Asul |
| Waray | Asul |
| Bikol | Asul |
| Kapampangan | Asul |
| Pangasinan | Asul |
What the pattern shows
Identical in all eight. That is what a loanword looks like: nothing native survives here, so there is nothing for the languages to disagree about. Compare red, where the native words hold and almost nothing matches.
Where they agree
- Asul — Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray, Bikol, Kapampangan, Pangasinan
English stands alone with Blue.
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Where this comes from
This row is one of 161 concept pages drawn from a parallel set of everyday vocabulary held across nine languages. You can browse all of them, download the whole set under CC BY-SA 4.0, or paste text to find out which language it is.
Compiled from published general reference and pending review by native speakers. If something here is wrong in a language you speak, please tell us.