Re: Anyone conversant in Tagalog here?

On Apr 6, 9:18 am, phogl...@xxxxxx wrote:
On Apr 6, 3:39 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Apr 6, 2:53 am, phogl...@xxxxxx wrote:

On Apr 5, 12:31 am, Padraic Brown <elemti...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 4 Apr 2007 04:33:53 -0700, phogl...@xxxxxx wrote:

Can you recommend textbooks, or have you encountered anything
interesting when learning the language that you would like to point
out to a new learner?

You might have to find a source in the Philippines for a lot of books.
Probably due to limited interest outside the country.

That is surprising, given that Tagalog is the official language and
lingua franca of the country.

Really? Do you find much instruction in / interest in Finnish outside
Finland?

Apples and oranges. Finland is a sparsely populated country with the
biggest expat community in Sweden. Philippines has a sizable
population, and Tagalog is among the biggest expat languages in USA,

Um, so what? There's no interest in immigrant languages in the US,
where the Anglophone majority just wishes they'd all learn English or
shut up.

probably even in Australia.-

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