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It’s Cancer season! Here are the common Kapampángan words for different types of crabs! How do you say “crab” in your language?

ÉMA • (EH-muh)
crab
Non-Monophthongized Form: ayáma (obsolete)
Tagálog (Filipino): alimángo

ALIMÁSAG • (uh-li-MAH-suhg)
blue crab found in the seas
Tagálog (Filipino): alimásag

TALANGKÂ • (tuh-luhng-KA’)
small crab found in the rivers
Tagálog (Filipino): talangkâ

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