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Why don't Filipinos speak Spanish?

Updated: 8/16/2019
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Yes, we do. But that was decades ago.

Most Filipino words originated from Spanish language. A: Not anymore, but most of our words are Spanish. But now some people can still speak spanish but only few. Most of them are old peope already.

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