“Good morning” in every Philippine language
Good morning across 9 languages, and what the differences tell you.
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Side by side
| Language | Good morning |
|---|---|
| English | Good morning |
| Tagalog | Magandang umaga |
| Ilocano | Naimbag a bigat |
| Cebuano | Maayong buntag |
| Hiligaynon | Maayong aga |
| Waray | Maupay nga aga |
| Bikol | Marhay na aga |
| Kapampangan | Mayap a abak |
| Pangasinan | Maabig ya kabuasan |
What the pattern shows
Every one of these is literally 'good' + 'morning', and the word for 'good' is the giveaway: maayo in the Visayan languages, maupay in Waray, marhay in Bikol, mayap in Kapampangan, maabig in Pangasinan, naimbag in Ilocano.
No two languages here use the same word. That is unusual even on this list, and it is the clearest possible answer to whether these are dialects of one another.
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Where this comes from
This row is one of 84 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.