“Orange” in every Philippine language
Orange across 9 languages, and what the differences tell you.
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Side by side
| Language | Orange |
|---|---|
| English | Orange |
| Tagalog | Kahel |
| Ilocano | Kahel |
| Cebuano | Kahel |
| Hiligaynon | Kahel |
| Waray | Kahel |
| Bikol | Kahel |
| Kapampangan | Kahel |
| Pangasinan | Kahel |
What the pattern shows
The same word in all eight, which on this list is true only of orange and blue. Borrowed colour terms travel intact; the native ones — red, white, yellow — are where these languages part company.
Where they agree
- Kahel — Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray, Bikol, Kapampangan, Pangasinan
More colours
The whole category as a word list: Ilocano Colours · Tagalog Colours
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.