Chavacano orthography

Chavacano orthography is the same as it is in the spanish orthograpy with a lesser letter of "r" at the last or second letter of the word. "see Chavacano orthograpy below". while there is a changes in its phonetics, syntax and lexicon.

Alphabet

Letters and letter names

The Chavacano language is written using the Latin alphabet with some special characters from Spanish alphabet: the vowels with an acute accent ("á, é, í, ó, ú"), the vowel "u" with diaeresis ("ü"), and "ñ". The letter "k" appear mostly in astronesian words origin or in loanwords (such as "kame", "kita", "kanamon", "kaninyo", "kilo" or "karate").

Orthograpy

Chavacano orthograpy, all Spanish words are spelled as to its Spanish origin. In Zamboangueño, Chavacano verbs are mostly Spanish in origin. In contrast to the other varieties, there is rarely a Zamboangueño verb that is based on or has its origin from other Philippine languages. Hence, verbs contribute much of the Spanish vocabulary in Chavacano de Zamboanga.

Generally, the simple form of the Zamboangueño verb is based upon the infinitive of the Spanish verb, minus the final /r/. with the accent on the final syllable. "see illustraion below"

Illustration

External links

* [http://www.zamboanga.com/chavacano/index.html An abridged Chavacano dictionary]
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chavacano_language
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=cbk Chavacano: Ethnologue] Ethnologue report on Chavacano