“Saturday” in every Philippine language
Saturday across 9 languages, and what the differences tell you.
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Side by side
| Language | Saturday |
|---|---|
| English | Saturday |
| Tagalog | Sabado |
| Ilocano | Sabado |
| Cebuano | Sabado |
| Hiligaynon | Sabado |
| Waray | Sabado |
| Bikol | Sabado |
| Kapampangan | Sabado |
| Pangasinan | Sabado |
What the pattern shows
Sabado in all eight with no variation whatsoever — the one weekday where even Ilocano and Pangasinan write it exactly as everyone else does.
Where they agree
- Sabado — Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray, Bikol, Kapampangan, Pangasinan
English stands alone with Saturday.
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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.