Chabacano or Chavacano is a Spanish-based creole language spoken in some parts of the Philippines, and is the only Spanish-based creole language in all of Asia! From the Spanish word "Chabacano," which means "vulgar" or "poor-taste," it is mostly known and spoken in the southern part of the country in Zamboanga City and its neighboring towns, but not many know that it is also spoken near the capital of Manila!
         
Cavite Chabacano is one of the three dialects of the Chabacano language that is spoken in Cavite City, southwest of the capital Manila across the shores of Manila Bay. From hundreds of years of trade with the Spanish and Filipinos through the Galleon Trade (a massive global network connecting the Philippines and Mexico by using giant wooden Spanish ships across the ocean!), this language became an important symbol of trade, communication, and cultural pride of Cavite!
 
Unfortunately, compared to its Zamboanga variety, less than a few thousand speakers of this historic language in Cavite are left and it is slowly fading away, as brittle as a piece of lengua de gato..