“Rain” in every Philippine language
Rain across 9 languages, and what the differences tell you.
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Side by side
| Language | Rain |
|---|---|
| English | Rain |
| Tagalog | Ulan |
| Ilocano | Tudo |
| Cebuano | Ulan |
| Hiligaynon | Ulan |
| Waray | Uran |
| Bikol | Uran |
| Kapampangan | Uran |
| Pangasinan | Uran |
What the pattern shows
Ilocano is alone here. 'Tudo' shares nothing with the ulan/uran the other seven use.
Where they agree
- Uran — Waray, Bikol, Kapampangan, Pangasinan
- Ulan — Tagalog, Cebuano, Hiligaynon
Standing alone: English (Rain) and Ilocano (Tudo).
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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.