“Tuesday” in every Philippine language
Tuesday across 9 languages, and what the differences tell you.
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Side by side
| Language | Tuesday |
|---|---|
| English | Tuesday |
| Tagalog | Martes |
| Ilocano | Martes |
| Cebuano | Martes |
| Hiligaynon | Martes |
| Waray | Martes |
| Bikol | Martes |
| Kapampangan | Martes |
| Pangasinan | Martes |
What the pattern shows
Identical in all eight. The Spanish weekday names arrived as a set, and none of these languages had a competing seven-day cycle to defend.
Where they agree
- Martes — Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray, Bikol, Kapampangan, Pangasinan
English stands alone with Tuesday.
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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.