Re: [HCDX] Languages?

[Andrea Lawendel <lawendel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Are Philippine/Filipino and Tagalog the same language? Also Vatican state
> they transmit in Scandinavian - does anyone know what language this actually
> is or is it a mix of languages from that part of the world.


Sean,
no such thing as a "Scandinavian language". Situation is quite 
complex up there as far as idioms are concerned. Vatican broadcasts 
mainly in Swedish with Finnish (maybe Estonian too) and now Danish 
inserts. Look at http://www.vaticanradio.org/scandinavo/svedese.htm.

Pilipino should be just an alternate name for Tagalog, while Filipino 
- as a more stable and official language I suppose - should be 
"evolved" from it in the future. When in doubt, always refer to the 
"Ethnologue" as one of the best linguistic source on the Net: 
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=TGL


Cheers,
Andy

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