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Language Change: Pinpointing the Culprit

by Guerrero de la Paz The “National Language,” and the Calamity That Is Language Change among Kapampángans The enforcement of a “national language” on the country over eight decades ago has devastated languages all over the archipelago. From the deprivation of an audience for regional literature and a calamitous language shift towards Tagalog, to declining […]

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Objections to Teaching Kapampángan – Answered (Part II)

You can read part 1 HERE. The perilous state of the Kapampángan language, which is classified as “definitely endangered” by UNESCO, has been taken up in the first part of this article, along with attempts to correct misconceptions, and objections to on the teaching of the language. That portion was more general, and related to […]

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Ing Indúng Kapampángan king Kasalésáyan

Pámipatúne Ibát karéng Kasulátan ampóng Lagyú da reng Lugál (You can read an English version of this article here.) Aliwá mu ing Angeles ing céntru ning economía, negócio, pámagáral, pámangán, turísmo ampóng ámánang kabiasnán ning Kalibudtáng Luzón ampó ning Indúng Kapampángan. Ití múrin ing céntru ning Labuád Kapampángan king kasalésáyan. Ngéni, pasikán nang pasikán ing […]

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Were Our Schools Wrong About Languages and Dialects?

Contrary to popular belief and our own educational upbringing, Kapampángan is actually a language, and not just a dialect. To differentiate both, let’s first take a look at their definitions. According to the Oxford Dictionary of Current English, a language is: The method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of […]

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The Historical Indúng Kapampángan: Evidence from History and Place Names

(You can read a Kapampángan version of this article here.) Angeles, the economic, business, educational, culinary, tourist and heritage pivot of Central Luzon and of the Kapampángan Region, Indúng Kapampángan, is also at the center of the historically Kapampángan area that includes most of the Central Plain. Today, the intensity of language change has seen […]

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The Kapampángan-Chinese Connection

Are Kapampángans more Chinese than they think? With Kapampángans being the 7th largest ethnic group in the Philippines, you can expect a wide range of cultures and traditions from it’s population of almost 2 million people. We especially have strong cultural ties with the Chinese that the similarities, especially with our facial features, can be […]

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