Evolution of the Philippine National Language

1. THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL LANGUAGE
ITS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT
Reference: Introduction to Linguistics (2013)
by Bernardez, E. B. & Ulalan, R. T.

2. PRE-SPANISH ERA
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NATIVES
• had their own
culture
FILIPINOS
• trade with
nearby
countries
PRESUPPOSITION
• had distinct
means of
communication

3. WHAT HISTORIANS SAY
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THE ALPHABET
alibata
in Luzon and Visayas
aboriginal form
Sanskrit in Mindanao -
influenced by early
settlers from countries
using it (eventually
dissipated)

4. CENTURIES PASSED AND WITH EVOLUTION
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DIFFERENT ETHNIC
GROUPS
PROLIFERATION OF
MORE THAN A
HUNDRED
VERNACULARS

5. TO MAKE WAY FOR CHRISTIANITY - KING
PHILIPP OF SPAIN (1594) .......by Phelan(1955)
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territorial divisions of the
archipelago
religious orders to study the
idiosyncrasies of the natives
including the major
language of each territory
proper channels of
communication be used to
develop understanding and
unity between the Spaniards
and the natives

6. Yes, a language program!
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VISAYAS -Augustinians and the Jesuits
NORTHERN LUZON - Dominicans
SOUTHERN LUZON AND BICOLANDIA - Franciscans

7. King Philip's Program (1594)
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TAGALOG-
MOST POPULAR
AMONG THE
VERNACULARS
SEAT OF THE
NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT
MANILA (HUB OF
SOUTHERN LUZON)
MADE USE OF
TAGALOG AS THE
PREVAILING CHANNEL
OF COMMUNICATION

8. PAVING THE WAY FOR MODIFICATION OF THE
ORIGINAL ALIBATA OF THE NATIVES
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Roman letters a, i, and
u - added as vowels
letter k was
substituted with c
kalesa - calesa
Baliwag -Baliuag

9. TAGALOG ALPHABET - only 18 letters (J. Rizal in
a letter to Francisco P. Sanchez, 1893)
 Three vowels - a, i and u
 Fifteen consonants - b, k, d, g, h, l, m, n, ng, p, r, s, t, w, and y
* not any of the major dialects of the country was developed
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10. American Regime - twenty (20) letters in the
Tagalog alphabet
 Five (5) vowels - a, e, i, o, u
 Fifteen (15) consonants - b, k, d, g, h, l, m, n, ng, p, r, s, t, w, and y
 Form of government - monarchial to democratic form
* emergence of the public clamor for a national language
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