FINO' GUAM, FINO' SAIPAN

The Chamorro word for "black pepper" is borrowed from the Spanish. In Spanish, it is pimienta.

But Chamorros on Guam say it one way, and those in Saipan another way.

Guam Chamorros say either pimienta, like the Spanish, or simplify it to pimenta.

Saipan Chamorros throw in an L.

They either say plimenta (as Påle' Jose does in the video).

Or they say pilimenta.