Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://polyglot.city/@TheDigitalGlobalCitizen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheDigitalGlobalCitizen</span></a></span></p><p>Hello! I was born in the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philippines</span></a> and lived here my entire life.</p><p>* My first language is English. Philippine English to be exact.</p><p>* My second language is <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tagalog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tagalog</span></a>, our native language.</p><p>* My third language is <a href="https://c.im/tags/Nihongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nihongo</span></a>. I self-studied it when I was 4 or 5 years old. But during my school years, the lack of someone to talk to in <a href="https://c.im/tags/Japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japanese</span></a> eventually led to me forgetting most of it. Although in my late teens, I had the change to relearn it because I started watching Japanese dubbed <a href="https://c.im/tags/anime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anime</span></a> and live-action shows/drama, but I've never gotten to the level I used to have when I first learned the language.</p><p>* My fourth language is <a href="https://c.im/tags/Filipino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Filipino</span></a>. While many claim that the Filipino language is simply Tagalog, it isn't true. Yes, Filipinos was primarily based in Tagalog, but there are a lot of differences between the two when it comes to rules, grammar, words. What is valid in Filipino, is not in Tagalog. What is a loan word in Tagalog, is not in Filipino, and others.</p><p>* Fifth, I started studying <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hebrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hebrew</span></a> a few years ago, but recently stopped.</p><p>* Sixth, I am currently learning <a href="https://c.im/tags/%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD%EC%96%B4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>한국어</span></a> (<a href="https://c.im/tags/Hangugeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hangugeo</span></a>; <a href="https://c.im/tags/Korean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Korean</span></a> language).</p><p>When it comes to writing scripts:</p><p>* My first is Latin script</p><p>* Second, <a href="https://c.im/tags/%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>カタカナ</span></a> (<a href="https://c.im/tags/Katakana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Katakana</span></a>) and <a href="https://c.im/tags/%E3%81%B2%E3%82%89%E3%81%8C%E3%81%AA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ひらがな</span></a> (<a href="https://c.im/tags/Hiragana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hiragana</span></a>). I haven't gotten into learning <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kanji" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kanji</span></a>.</p><p>* Third, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Baybayin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Baybayin</span></a> (incorrectly called as 'Alibata'; also known as <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sulat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sulat</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Surat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surat</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Suyat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suyat</span></a>). It is the native script in pre-colonial Philippines. The Latin script was only introduced during the colonial era, when <a href="https://c.im/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spain</span></a> subjugated the archipelago.</p><p>* Fourth, modern and ancient Hebrew</p><p>* Fifth, <a href="https://c.im/tags/%ED%95%9C%EA%B8%80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>한글</span></a> (Hangeul; Korean script)</p><p>Of all that, I'm fluent in speaking Philippine English, Filipino, and Tagalog. If I take Japanese again and practice, I probably wouldn't have much problem, but I'm concentrating in Korean language and script currently. I'm also fluent in reading and writing in our native script, Baybayin (which isn't taught formally in schools. you'll have to learn it by yourself).</p><p>I also love inventing my own language and scripts, usually for <a href="https://c.im/tags/worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldbuilding</span></a> purposes. Oh! I almost forgot, I also learned <a href="https://c.im/tags/Runic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Runic</span></a> script because of the game franchise <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ultima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ultima</span></a>. But since I don't know the actual language it was used for, I only used Runic for encoding messages (and for the game) rather than actually using it for what it was for. Speaking of encoded messages, I also developed scripts for that purpose, which I taught my classmates back in Elementary and High School. (Now that I think about it, I wish I still have copies, it would be cool to turn those into fonts.)</p><p>And, I guess that's it for me. ^_^</p><p>My cousins and younger brother are the master linguists in our clan. My lil brother knows English, Filipino, Hebrew, Greek (Koine and modern), Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese, Korean, Japanese. The Japanese language self-study book I had when I was a kid, I lent it to him and he mastered speaking and reading Japanese in less than a year, and returned the book to me. LOL.</p><p>I still envy him, in a good way. He had the opportunity to have a lot of foreigner classmates, he had no problem learning and practicing until it became second nature for him.</p><p>They all left me behind in learning languages. ^_^;;</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/languagelovers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>languagelovers</span></a></span></p>