WATCH: Provincial Board Members in Ilocos Sur uses Ilokano in their Regular Session


WATCH: Provincial Board Members in Ilocos Sur uses Ilokano in their Regular Session

ILOCOS SUR – Every Tuesday afternoon is a regular session for the provincial board members in this province, but their session on one Tuesday in the month of February was extra ordinary. Instead of using the English language on their deliberation and reporting they used Ilokano.

In 2013, a resolution was passed encouraging the use of Ilokano during regular sessions in the month of February while the province is celebrating Kannawidan Ylocos Festival and its founding anniversary.

It is also a way of promoting the beauty of the Ilokano language especially to the youth who are now fun of mixing it to other languages such as Filipino and English.

“Mas maganda para mas maintindihan ng mas nakararami na nakikinig sa radio at nanunood sa local na telebisyon, at para hindi palaging english ang ginagamit natin maiparinig din natin ang kagandahan na ating salitang Ilokano” Board Member Pablito Sanidad Jr said.

“Medyo awkward lang noong una dahil hindi pa sanay dahil sa ilang mga terminologies. Yung ibang words kasi talagang walang eksaktong translation from English to Ilokano gaya na lamang yung Presiding Officer kaya ang ginamit na lamang namen ay “apo a mangiturturong” na sa English ay emcee na malayo talaga” Board Member Jaime Singson said.

A member of GUMIL Filipinas (Gunglo dagiti Mannurat nga Ilokano iti Filipinas) or Ilokano Writes Association of the Philippines appreciates the effort of the board members. However, he suggested that local officials should undergo trainings on Ilokano Orthography to further understand how to properly use the language such as rules in borrowing terms, translation and sentence construction.

“Dahil sa hindi kasi palagian na paggamit at pagsasalita minsan nakakalimutan na din kung ano nga ba yung salita kapag ginagamit na ang Ilokano. Kaya mahalaga n asana kahit itong mga local officials din natin mapag-aralan din nila yung tamang paggamit at pagsasalita ng Ilokano” said GUMIL Filipinas member Joe Salcedo Somera

Aside from speaking Ilokano, the board members also attended the session wearing Barong Tagalog and Abel Iloko.

ILOKANO SPEAKING

Ilokano or Iloko is an austronesian language that is one of the most-spoken native languages of the Philippine with over 7 million speaking it as their first language. Primarily, Ilokano speaking are in Northern Luzon such as in the Ilocos Provinces, La Union and Cagayan Valley.

It is also a popular language with a number of speakers overseas such as in North America and Hawaii. Some schools in Hawaii even designed subjects pertaining to Ilokano language.


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