“Chicken” in every Philippine language
Chicken across 9 languages, and what the differences tell you.
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Side by side
| Language | Chicken |
|---|---|
| English | Chicken |
| Tagalog | Manok |
| Ilocano | Manok |
| Cebuano | Manok |
| Hiligaynon | Manok |
| Waray | Manok |
| Bikol | Manok |
| Kapampangan | Manuk |
| Pangasinan | Manok |
What the pattern shows
Manok in all eight, with only Kapampangan manuk differing and only in the vowel it always changes. Unlike karne directly above it, nothing displaced this one.
Where they agree
- Manok — Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray, Bikol, Pangasinan
Kapampangan stands alone with Manuk.
More food & eating
The whole category as a word list: Ilocano Food and Eating Words · Tagalog Food and Eating Words
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.