Kapampangan speakers admit that they find their native language a turn-off during love making and prefer to use the dominant language, Tagalog. This helps them identify themselves with their Tagalog-speaking celebrity idols who star in their favourite romantic movies.
Language experts agree that this is a bad sign as far as the endangerment of the Kapampangan language is concerned. However, since there are no studies made on what language couples prefer to use during sex, the number of native Kapampangan speakers who prefer to use other languages rather than their own during sex is still very much undetermined.
For further details on the current nature of endangerment on the Kapampangan language, see:
Pangilinan, Michael R.M. (2009). Kapampangan lexical borrowing from Tagalog: endangerment rather than enrichment. A paper presented at the 11th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, June 21 - 25, 2009, Aussois, France.
Posted on: July 22,2009 07:02 PM | comments ( 0 ) | » read more
The following article is taken from:
Pangilinan, Michael Raymon M. (2009). Kapampangan Lexical Borrowing from Tagalog: Endangerment rather than Enrichment. A paper to be presented at the 11th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistcs. Aussois, France, June 22-26, 2009.
-----------------------------------------
Some of the ethnic groups in Luzon during the Spanish colonial era: Cagayan Warrior (Boxer Codex), Kapampangan Peasants (Damian Domingo) and Sambal Warriiors (Boxer Codex)
During the Spanish colonial era, the different ethno-linguistic groups within the Philippines, at least the major ones, were regarded as “nations” by the Spaniards (Morga, 1609; San Agustin, 1698; Diaz, 1745 and Bergano, 1860). The Spaniards took advantage of these differences and pitted one nation against the other. For instance, the Kapampangan people, who were highly favoured by the Spaniards, made up the bulk of the Spanish colonial armed forces and were used to quell various ethnic uprisings all over the archipelago (Henson, 1965 and Corpuz, 1989). One Spanish friar wrote, “One Castillan plus three Kapampangan is equal to four Castillans” (Diaz, 1745, see also Henson, 1965; Tayag, 1985 and Corpuz, 1989).
Posted on: July 08,2009 06:09 AM | comments ( 6 ) | » read more
Showing 1 to 2 of 2
