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| In a message dated 8/20/2004 6:46:18 PM Pacific Standard Time, coo1_vic@yahoo.com writes: >From my experience, this seems to be a losing proposition. When my Capámpangan friends and acquaintances speak to me in English or Tagalog, I answer them in Capámpangan. They then switch to Capámpangan. But inevitably sometime during the conversation they switch bach to either English or Tagalog. The reason is very practical. They are no longer fluent in Capámpangan. Yeah, that's just too bad. This is effected by the language policy created by a few. It's now being felt. Yet some members of the group think that languages are forever. We in DILA have to find a way to reverse this despicable trend. Going along with it, succumbing to this tendency and saying "Amen" without a fight will all the more quicken the demise of our languages. We have to do something. before it's too late. >It's exactly the same thing with my Ilocano friends. I insist on speaking in Ilocano to them, but they answer me in Tagalog or English. It's happening nationwide then. I hate to see the complete result of this abominable ongoing project. >It's worse with the written word. I actually send emails in Capámpangan and Ilocano, and my friends attempt to reply in those languages, but they inevitably switch back to English. (When it comes to writing, they invariably go to English.) Can't perhaps blame them. They have been moulded that way. But there is a key to solve this inadequacy. We all know that the problem is in the law, the language policy being implemented, the educational system. If the resolution we drafted a couple of years ago would be adopted, our indigenous languages would once again flourish like before. Until that day comes, it will be a downhill course for all the non-Tagalog languages, especially the big seven. >It's worse with the next generation. The nephews and nieces don't know Capámpangan or Ilocano. It's just Tagalog and English for them. Oh, well. Macanián ing bié. Castá ti biág. Ganiyán ang buhay. C'est la vie. Yes, I know what you mean. But don't be dismayed. Let's not lose hope. Let's not be guided by "fate". Let's be guided by "faith" instead. Faith in ourselves that is. We should never resign ourselves to failure. Accepting what is unacceptable is never the name of the game. DILA aims to relentlessly pursue what it has started. And its members are made of sterner stuff! |
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