What does this language sound like to you Spanish-speakers?

[Anonymous]

What does it sound like to u and what percent of it can you understand?

[KostasKouvalis]

Tagalog?

It sounds to me like a mix of Spanish, Portuguese and Italian, with slight hints of Asian and south Indian.

I'm not fluent in Spanish, but I took Spanish for 3 years, and there are some words I recognized like "escuela", "escuchante", "estudiante de elementaria" and some others.

I too am curious what fluent Spanish speakers will say

[KostasKouvalis]

Google Translate thought it was Spanish at first, but then finally figured it out.
CHAMORRO? WOW! I would've never guessed! This was my first time hearing it.

[avery58]

I knew it wasn't Tagalog but thought maybe Chavacano which is a Spanish based Filipino Creole, although I hear not many people speak it.

I had never heard Chamorro before actually, and tbh I did kind of notice a MEXICAN accent in the video. That's the first thing I really noticed. I hadn't realized to what extent the Mexicans on the Manila galleon had influenced Guam. I knew most Chamorro people had a little bit of Mexican ancestry (like around 5% or less) but I didn't know it influenced their dialect as well.

Interesting indeed.

[KostasKouvalis]

@avery58 To be honest, I thought it was TOO Spanishy to be Tagalog, but that's the only language in that part of the world that I knew has Spanish influence. I didn't know Chamorro did too.

I never knew there were Mexicans in Guam

[KostasKouvalis]

@avery58 I just YouTubed the Chavacano language. I wonder what I would've thought if i just heard it with no context, because that one sounds like a mix of Spanish and Portuguese. Now I'm curious about these languages and if there are others.
Weird that Chamorro isn't classed as a Romance language

[avery58]

Yeah. They're like the Latinos of the Pacific lol

I always did find Guam Interesting and now moreso

[avery58]

I understood about 35% of it, pretty interesting actually

[Anonymous]

Like Chilean