Zamboanga Chavacano

English

Etymology

From Spanish chabacano (“poor taste”) and Zamboanga.

Proper noun

Zamboanga Chavacano

1. A Spanish-based creole language spoken in the Philippines.

Related terms

• Zamboangueño Chavacano
• Chavacano de Zamboanga
• Chavacano

Translations

language

• Bikol Central: Tataramon na Zamboangueño
• Cebuano: Pinulongang Tsabakano
• Chavacano: Chavacano de Zamboanga
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 三宝颜查瓦卡诺语 (Sānbǎoyán Cháwǎkǎnuò yǔ)

• Japanese: サンボアンガチャバカノ語 (Sanboanga Chabakano-go)
• Russian: чабакано m (čabakano), чавакано m (čavakano)
• Spanish: zamboangueño m, chabacano de Zamboanga m
• Tagalog: Zamboanga Chavacano

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Chavacano terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code cbk (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Zamboanga Chavacano, cbk ⁠