“Thursday” in every Philippine language
Thursday across 9 languages, and what the differences tell you.
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Side by side
| Language | Thursday |
|---|---|
| English | Thursday |
| Tagalog | Huwebes |
| Ilocano | Huebes |
| Cebuano | Huwebes |
| Hiligaynon | Huwebes |
| Waray | Huwebes |
| Bikol | Huwebes |
| Kapampangan | Huwebes |
| Pangasinan | Huebes |
What the pattern shows
Huebes in Ilocano and Pangasinan, huwebes in the rest — the same choice between u and w those two make on Wednesday and again on Friday.
Where they agree
- Huwebes — Tagalog, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray, Bikol, Kapampangan
- Huebes — Ilocano, Pangasinan
English stands alone with Thursday.
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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.