“You're welcome” in every Philippine language
You're welcome across 9 languages, and what the differences tell you.
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Side by side
| Language | You're welcome |
|---|---|
| English | You're welcome |
| Tagalog | Walang anuman |
| Ilocano | Awan ania man |
| Cebuano | Walay sapayan |
| Hiligaynon | Wala sang anuman |
| Waray | Waray sapayan |
| Bikol | Daing ano man |
| Kapampangan | Ala yang anuman |
| Pangasinan | Anggapoy anuman |
What the pattern shows
Waray's own name comes from this construction — 'waray' is the word for 'none', and the language is named after how often outsiders heard it.
No two languages here use the same word. That is unusual even on this list, and it is the clearest possible answer to whether these are dialects of one another.
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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.