“Pearl of the Orient Sea”

The Philippine Islands

Land of many historical heritages....

Filipino DialectLanguages

The Filipinos are divided geographically and culturally into regions.

Each region in the Philippines is recognizable by its distinct dialects and traits. Actually, there are more than 100 dialects spoken through out the country.

However, Filipinos have two official languages that most people speaks or understand. Tagalog, which is also considered the national language among the ethnic groups. In addition, English becomes the second official language which is a norm in many academic and professional firms.

There are eight (8) major dialects that are spoken by majority of the Filipinos –

Tagalog, Cebuano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Ilokano, Bicolano, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinense.

Many of these dialects are considered Austronesian, meaning a family of languages widely dispersed through out the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific .

http://www.gov.ph/aboutphil/general.asp

Majority of the Filipinos speak:

Tagalong -- 14, 486, 888 (1995 census)

Ilokano -- 8, 000, 000 (1991 UBS)

Bicolano -- 1, 900, 907 (2000)

Pampango – 1, 897, 378 (1990)

Pangasinense – 1, 164, 586 (1990)

Cebuano -- 20, 043, 502 (1995)

Hiligaynon or Ilonggo – 7, 000, 000 (1995)

Waray -- 2, 437, 688 (1990)

**Major classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian

http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=PH

Let’s do basic translations!English Tagalog Cebuan

oIlonggo Ilocano Waray Bicolan

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Pampango

“I love you”

Iniibig kita

Gihigugma ko ikaw.

Palangga ta ka

Ay-ayaten ka

Pina-ura ta ikaw

Namumutan ta ka

Kaluguran da ka

Thank you very much

Maraming salamat

Daghang salamat

Madamo gud nga salamat!

Agyaman-ak Salam

at

Salamat pu

Good Morning

Magandang umaga

Maayong buntag

Maayong buntag

Naimbag a bigatyo

Maupay nga aga

Maray na aga

Mayap ayabak

After the colonial period, many of the native dialects were added with what they call “borrowed or loan words”.

The name Tagalog derives from tagá-ílog, which means "resident beside the river". Little is known of the history of the language before the arrival of the Spanish in the Philippines during the 16th century as no earlier written materials have been found.

Brain drainIs the emigration of highly skilled or qualified individuals from a country. Most of the reasons why is to find for better opportunities. (http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/braindrain?view=uk).

Why it’s hitting the Philippines?

Economic crisis / Poverty Opportunities waiting abroad Better life or living Family support Higher salaries Survival

Quoted from: Florian A. Alburo & Danilo I. Abella, "Skilled Labour Migration from Developing Countries: Study on the Philippines," International Migration Papers, #51, International Migration Programme, International Labour Office, Geneva, 2002; and Dean T. Alegado, "The Political Economy of International Labor Migration from the Philippines," University of Hawaii, 1992.

“The Philippines thus experienced the brain drain phenomenon with the

migration of highly skilled physicians, teachers, seamen, mechanics, engineers,

and the others from the country. A decade after, the exodus of those in the medical

profession continued although mid-level professionals like nurses, medical technicians,

as well as paramedics increasingly dominated the flows. In 1990s, advances in

information and technology triggered the new waves of skilled labor migration

consisting of computer programmers, designers, allied skills workers.

The primary reason Filipino workers are leaving their own country is

that the Philippines is not able to absorb their skills into their own local economy. ”

According to the Commission on Filipinos Overseas, stock estimate of overseas Filipinos all over the world reaches up to 8, 726, 520 by December 2007 (http://www.cfo.gov.ph/Stock%202007.pdf). About 3, 653, 007 overseas Filipinos in America.

IS THERE GAINED OR LOST?

Collapse of the health care system in the country

Services starts to suffer (?) in the country

Downgrade of skills or profession attained in the country

Remittances contributed to the economy

Balikbayans (returning Filipinos) who obtain advanced skills abroad share significant services to people back home

“Mano Po”

FILIPINO TRAITS,TRADITIONS,

CULTURE

Filipino jeepney

The Philippine national bird, Eagle.

Filipinos are good hunters.

Filipinos love entertainments.We call this instrument siesta.

A little about the islands…

“Bayanihan” or Cooperation

Cariñosa

“Harana” or Serenade

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