Ermitaño creole
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Ermitaño was a unique[clarification needed] and now extinct creole spoken by a specific group of people living in the Ermita district of Manila.
[edit] Description
The language was derived from the combination of Tagalog and Spanish which mirrors the development of the Chavacano language, itself a combination of Visayan languages and Spanish. These languages are, however, mutually unintelligible, meaning a Chavacano meeting an Ermitaño with each speaking their native tongue will not understand each other.
[edit] History
In the late '80s and early '90s there were only two living native speakers of Ermitaño left in Manila: a grandmother and her teenage grandson. Linguistics students from the University of the Philippines have had the chance to interview and make notes of the dying language.
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