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Although
Spain colonized us for 300 years, why we(unlike other Hispanic countries) did not adapted Spanish(Castilian) as our native
language?
-Philippines
is an archipelago.
-The
friars taught us some Latin for prayers. They never taught us(the common Filipinos) Spanish. We can read this in El Filibusterismo.
-Friars
communicated with the common Filipinos through Tagalog.
-We
love our native toungue, patrionism.
-Very
few had the opportunity to learn Spanish.
-Rizal's
quote: "Ang di magmahal s sariling salita, mahigit sa hayop at malansang isda."
-American
colonization
-Americans
taught us the English language.
-Most
areas of our country was not conquered by Spain, thus they speak their own ethnic/regional dialects.
-We
hate Spaniards!