“Good night (on parting)” in every Philippine language
Good night (on parting) across 9 languages, and what the differences tell you.
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Side by side
| Language | Good night (on parting) |
|---|---|
| English | Good night (on parting) |
| Tagalog | Magandang gabi |
| Ilocano | Naimbag a rabii |
| Cebuano | Maayong gabii |
| Hiligaynon | Maayong gab-i |
| Waray | Maupay nga gab-i |
| Bikol | Marhay na banggi |
| Kapampangan | Mayap a bengi |
| Pangasinan | Maabig ya labi |
What the pattern shows
The word for good behaves here as it does in every greeting on this site; it is the second half worth looking at. Rabii, gabii, gab-i, banggi, bengi and labi are six forms that rhyme more than they match.
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 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.