In this language challenge, three Filipino speakers, Joan, Michelle, and Glowy compete against three Chinese speakers, Jackson, Vanessa, and Ashley. For any questions, suggestion or feedback, contact Shahrzad (@shahrzad.pe) on Instagram:   / shahrzad.pe  .

Filipino is the official language of the Philippines, a standard register of the Tagalog language, which is an Austronesian language. We explore the similarities between the two languages with a list of words, phrases, and sentences. A number of Chinese loan words are found in Tagalog due to historical diplomatic ties. Over the course of time, these Chinese words were adopted as part of the Tagalog language. The Chinese language is a group of related languages which, despite being categorized in the same Sino-Tibetan language family, are not mutually intelligible in many cases. Out of the many groups of Chinese, Mandarin is by far the most spoken, followed by Wu, Min, and Yue (Cantonese). All varieties of Chinese are tonal and analytic. Mandarin Chinese is the official language of China and Taiwan, as well as one of the four official languages of Singapore, while Cantonese is the official language of Hong Kong and Macau.