A study on the development and evolution of mutual word borrowing between Hokkien and Tagalog

Hokkien and Tagalog have a long history of language contact, resulting in a large number of loanwords. This paper aims to provide an accurate and in-depth description of the phenomenon of mutual linguistic borrowing in Hokkien and Tagalog vocabularies. It also analyzes the characteristics of these loanwords in terms of semantic classes, borrowing methods, and vocabulary development and evolution, as well as the cultural and historical phenomena.