First of two parts BEFORE colonialism, our nations were the bayans within various ethnic and linguistic groups; we were not ...

In October 2024, the Philippine government, in its management of a linguistically rich and culturally diverse population, decided to make the then-existing Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education ...

August was chosen as the month for this celebration because the birth and death of the father of the Philippine national language, former president Manuel L. Quezon, happened in this month. President ...

PHILIPPINES: Arnel Valencia felt humiliated at school when he was barred from using the language he spoke at home, part of a decades-long pattern of linguistic destruction across the Philippines.

Every August, the Philippines celebrates National Language Month when various events, especially in schools, prepare for the biggest day of celebration on Aug. 19, known also as National Language ...

How can such a foreign language be our lingua franca? In contrast, the number of citizens who use Tagalog (which serves as the main basis for the national language) as their language has steadily ...

Through his Facebook post, Nash Ang confirmed that his character spoke using the Tausug language, which is used in the province of Sulu in southern Philippines. Nash wrote: “So some Arthdal Chronicles ...

He is known internationally for his work on critical sociolinguistics, multilingualism and language education, especially unequal Englishes. He was someone I used to only read in books when I was a ...

Manide is a language spoken by a population of about 4,000 indigenous Negrito Filipinos living in and around the province of Camarines Norte in the southern part of the large northern Philippine ...

Some key dates in The Philippines' history: 900AD - Laguna Copperplate Inscription, mostly written on Old Malay, is the earliest record of a Philippine language and the presence of writing in the ...