Manny Pacquiao is not illiterate. He speaks, reads and writes 4 FOUR Languages !

[Brother Jay]

It's funny some people here say Pacquiao is illiterate.
Pacquaio speaks, reads and writes:

1. Cebuano (dialect in his hometown)
2. Tagalog (Filipino National language)
3. English (not fluent but OK)
4. Spanish (barely)

Almost of all posters here only speak 1 or 2 language

Bull****.

Cebuano and Tagalog are very close. Pretty much different dialects.

Spanish heavily influenced the Filipino language and culture. After all, the conquistadors arrived and took over in the 1500's. Many words in Tagalog and Cebuano are Spanish words. So its not a stretch that a Filipino would be able to recognized Spanish words. And from what I understand he didn't read or write well in any language as he dropped out of school.

Hell I can say a few things in Tagalog, but I wouldn't list it on my resume.

We all know how good Manny's English is.

[U.ncleSam]

Bull****.

Cebuano and Tagalog are very close. Pretty much different dialects.

Spanish heavily influenced the Filipino language and culture. After all, the conquistadors arrived and took over in the 1500's. Many words in Tagalog and Cebuano are Spanish words. So its not a stretch that a Filipino would be able to recognized Spanish words. And from what I understand he didn't read or write well in any language as he dropped out of school.

Hell I can say a few things in Tagalog, but I wouldn't list it on my resume.

We all know how good Manny's English is.

manny's english is better than 90% of mexicans.

[PACnPBFsuck]

It's funny some people here say Pacquiao is illiterate.
Pacquaio speaks, reads and writes:

1. Cebuano (dialect in his hometown)
2. Tagalog (Filipino National language)
3. English (not fluent but OK)
4. Spanish (barely)

Almost of all posters here only speak 1 or 2 language

[R0xx]

cool story bro

[PACnPBFsuck]

manny's english is better than 90% of mexicans.

[Leohappy]

It's funny some people here say Pacquiao is illiterate.
Pacquaio speaks, reads and writes:

1. Cebuano (dialect in his hometown)
2. Tagalog (Filipino National language)
3. English (not fluent but OK)
4. Spanish (barely)

Almost of all posters here only speak 1 or 2 language

dialect is a language? and barely speaking is in the table too?
according to your criteria i speak about 10 languages + 10 more if i use google translate.

[Nonitard]

he's still financially illiterate, which matters most out of anything else

[Seleção No. 13]

Bull****.

Cebuano and Tagalog are very close. Pretty much different dialects.

Spanish heavily influenced the Filipino language and culture. After all, the conquistadors arrived and took over in the 1500's. Many words in Tagalog and Cebuano are Spanish words. So its not a stretch that a Filipino would be able to recognized Spanish words. And from what I understand he didn't read or write well in any language as he dropped out of school.

Hell I can say a few things in Tagalog, but I wouldn't list it on my resume.

We all know how good Manny's English is.

Way to make up ****. You were starting off ok with the lies until you said he dropped out of school because he wasn't good at reading and writing. Cebuano and Tagalog aren't that close either. I can barely understand my Bisaya friends.

English is taught in Filipino schools since elementary as well. The Philippines is ranked third in the countries with most English speakers in the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ing_population

edit: as for the Spanish language influencing Filipino dialects, we say a few nouns, maybe some verbs, add a few "pero" in the vocabulary, and there's your Spanish influence. Not as heavily influenced as you claim, otherwise I'd be able to understand the landscapers that do my lawn.

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he's still financially illiterate, which matters most out of anything else

This makes him the first boxer ever to have financial problems...

[Brother Jay]

manny's english is better than 90% of mexicans.

LMAO .. true.