REGIONAL DIALECT

The Philippines has 8 major dialects. Listed in the figure from top to bottom: Bikol,
Cebuano, Hiligaynon (Ilonggo), Ilocano, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Tagalog, and
Waray. The language being taught all over the Philippines is Tagalog and English.

Examples:
 ENGLISH - Good  morning/afternoon/evening 
 TAGALOG - Magandang umaga/hapon/gabi
 BIKOLANO - Marhay na aga/hapon/banggi
 CEBUANO - Maayong buntag/hapon/gabi
 KAPAMPANGAN - Mayap a abak/ a gatpanapun/ a bengi
 PANGASINAN - Masantos ya kabwasan/ya labi/ya ngarem
 WARAY - Maupay nga aga /udto /( kulop / gab-i)

Creole
A creole is an established form of pidgin, where a language developed from
communicating over two or more languages is taken up by a culture as a native
language. Aspects that make a creole different to pidgin or dialects is that it has it will
have unique rules with a full range of functions, and may be taught as a mother
tongue. Examples of English-developed creoles include Gullah in South Carolina and
Georgia and Nigerian Creole. Another interesting example is Louisiana Creole, which
derives from French but is used by Americans so may be interspersed with English.

A list of Creole examples with words and phrases from different forms of Creole

 Aïti (Haitian Creole): Mountainous land

 Bondye (Haitian Creole): God
 Bonjou (Haitian Creole): Hello
 Di dak (Creolese): The dark
 Éy laba (Louisiana Creole): Hey there!
 Haas (Bileez Kriol): Horse
 Idrin (Jamaican patois): Friends
 Komen to yê? (Louisiana Creole): How are you?
 Mi tel am (Creolese): I told him.
 Mwen pa konnen (Haitian Creole): I don't know.
 Nyam (Jamaican patois and Bileez Kriol): Eat
 Waata (Bileez Kriol): Water