“Sugar” in every Philippine language
Sugar across 9 languages, and what the differences tell you.
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Side by side
| Language | Sugar |
|---|---|
| English | Sugar |
| Tagalog | Asukal |
| Ilocano | Asukar |
| Cebuano | Asukal |
| Hiligaynon | Asukar |
| Waray | Asukar |
| Bikol | Asukar |
| Kapampangan | Asukal |
| Pangasinan | Asukal |
What the pattern shows
Asukal or asukar, and the split is one consonant: Tagalog, Cebuano, Kapampangan and Pangasinan take the l; Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Waray and Bikol take the r. Four against four.
Where they agree
- Asukal — Tagalog, Cebuano, Kapampangan, Pangasinan
- Asukar — Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Waray, Bikol
English stands alone with Sugar.
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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.