LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE ARE INSEPARABLE

Language and culture cannot be separated. Language is vital to understanding our unique cultural perspectives. Language is a tool that is used to explore and experience our cultures and the perspectives that are embedded in our cultures.

- Buffy Sainte-marie

LANGUAGE IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY CULTURE

As cultures come up with new ideas, they develop language components to express those ideas. The reverse is also true, the limits of a language can define what is expressible in a culture (that is , the limits of a language can prevent certain concepts from being part of a culture).

LANGUAGE IS INTRINSIC TO THE EXPRESSION OF

CULTUREAs a means of communicating

values, beliefs and customs, it has an important social function and fosters feelings of group identity and solidarity. It is the means by which culture and its traditions and shared values may be conveyed and preserved.

FILIPINO ETHNIC GROUPS

HISTORYPhilippine is compose of more then 100 ethnic groups and tribes.

Although the various people groups that live in the Philippines have similar cultures,

there are many small language groups

Like most tribal groups, language is the chief distinguishing feature within their

culture.

Although many of the groups speak a language from the same family, their particular

dialects may not be understood by neighboring tribes.

Majority Catholic

Tribal groups living in the Philippines are farmers.

The principal crops are wet rice and maize; while vegetables, tobacco, and coffee are

grown as secondary crops.

Domestic animals such as dogs, goats, and chickens are also raised on the farms.

13 DOMINATING ETHNIC GROUPS IN THE PHILIPPINES Ilocano Pangasinan Tagalog Kapampangga Bikol Waray Cuyunon

Hilgaynon Bisaya Maranao Maguindanao Kamayo Tausug

THE 5 MOST DOMINATING ETHNIC GROUP IN THE

PHILIPPINES Bicolano Ilocano Waray

Cuyunon Bisaya

BICOLANOBicolanos are people who live in the southeastern peninsula of

Luzon, now containing the provinces of Camarines, Sur, Albay,

Sorsogon, and Catandunes.

Their language is referred to as Bikol or Bicolano.

The Bicolano language is very fragmented, and its dialects are

mutually incomprehensible to speakers of other Bicolano dialects.

The Bicolano culture is primarily noted for the prominent use of

Chili peepers and coconut milk in its food

ILOCANOIlocano people refers to the dominant ethnic group from the

northern part of the Philippines and is considered the third largest

Filipino ethno linguistic group.

The term “Ilocano” was derived from the words “I” (from) and

“Iooc” (bay), which when combined means “People of the bay.

Ilocanos are known for being hardworking, appreciative, simple

and determined. However, they are also known as stingy or

“kuripot”

Five former Philippines Presidents were Ilocanos.

Ferdinand Marcos

Elpidio Quirino

Ramon Magsaysay

Carlo Garcia

Fidel Ramos

WARAYThe Warays are descendants of the Austronesian-speaking

immigrants who came to the Philippines during the Iron Age.

The Warays are an ethno linguistic group of people geographically

inhabiting in the islands of Samar, Leyte and Biliran - referred to as

the Eastern Visayas In 1521, the Warays were the first Filipinos to be

sighted by Europeans under the leadership of Ferdinand Magellan.

The Waray language belongs to the Visayan language family and is

related to Cebuano, Hiligaynon, and Masbateño.

Product finest native Philippine wines, called Pangasi and Tuba

CUYUNONCuyunon refers to an ethnic group populating Cuyo, northern and

central Palawan.

The Cuyunons are originally from Cuyo, and the surrounding Cuyo

Islands, a group of islands and islets in Sulu Sea, to the north

eastern of Palawan.

They are considered an elite class among the hierarchy of native

Palaweños.

The first Miss Philippines and first Ambassador to Vietnam is Miss

Trinidad Rodriguez Fernandez, a Cuyunon.

BISAYAThey primarily live in the Visayas and north Eastern Mindanao.

Several linguistic groups in the Philippines are primarily of Bisaya

descent.

More than 40% of Filipinos have Visayan ancestry

Blessed Pedro Calungsod was martyred

The three former Philippine Presidents are Bisaya

Sergio Osmeña

Manuel Roxas

Carlos Garcia

BILINGUALISM

Ability to speak two languages It may be acquired early by children in regions

where most adults speak two languages.

ADVANTAGES OF BILINGUALISMCULTURAL ADVANTAGES

1. opportunity to experience two cultures

2. greater tolerance and less racism

3. greater access to different culture

4. more opportunities to work

5. understanding of your native language

COMMUNICATION ADVANTAGES

1.Parent-child relationship closer and enables parents to pass on

part of their own heritage to their child.

2.Bridge builders between different language communities.

3.Bi-literacy

CHARACTER ADVANTAGES

Raised self esteem

Security in identity

DISADVANTAGE OF BILINGUALISM

Language confusion

MULTILINGUALISM

the concept of knowing more than one languages.

Multilingual education is mostly practiced in two ways:

1. simultaneous

2. successive

ADVANTAGES OF MULTILINGUALISM• access to multiple languages and cultures

• if you learn languages at an early age, you learn them easier

• larger language sensitivity

• you learn easier in general

• polyglots function better

DISADVANTAGES OF MULTILINGUALISM• if the parents does not speak a language fluently, the child will copy the mistakes

• the language offered is not always rich and varied enough

• children with a language disorder may have extra trouble learning more than one language

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