National Language: Tagalog Or Bisaya

[thisbe.ara]

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what is the appropriate national language?
given that there are many Bisaya-speaking Pinoys, should we give way to Bisaya being the national language?
or should we continue with Tagalog?

post your opinions..

[FK]

bisan onsa... ang importante magka unite ta, dayon mo lambo atong nasod.

But wala sa duha ang National Language, Kay Filipino language man jud d ba?

[marquee]

Filipino is just an upgrade of Tagalog with a little twists... but for the question which or which? i don't really care. what i really care is for us to unite as one nation and succeed together... ako ra man diay gi-inglis ka FK nga post!hik hik hik halo @thisbe.ara! how r yah?

[crinkle]

honestly, i think having this Filipino language is funny. marquee's right. it's plain ol' tagalog with a twist.

but does it really matter? almost everything that matters in this country is in American/British english anyway.

[fingolfin]

bisan onsa... ang importante magka unite ta, dayon mo lambo atong nasod.

But wala sa duha ang National Language, Kay Filipino language man jud d ba?

.........hahahaha, good point there. In Manila they are speaking the same language but why are they not united? There are some a-holes that still want FPJ to be president or should i say his spouse??

[off^tangent]

not one dialect to be considered as sole national language and rule over others, but give all dialects equal national standing and respect each uniqueness. pushing cebuano/bisaya as "the" national language is just a repetition of the mistake the tagalogs are doing, by imposing their dialect to other linguistic groups. respect first for each other first before we can achieve unity in this sense. to achieve it, the official tagalog linguistic hegemony must be dismantled first, like the official medium of instruction in schools and official communication in local government offices. nevermind their clout in the media coz there's nothing sensible we can do about it.

[FK]

off^tangent mao jud onta nay angay... that's why wala ko ingon nga Tagalog or Bisaya...

wala pa man jud totally complete ang National Language... we are still on the process, pero kasagaran Tagalog maoy gi adopt, dayon naa sab bisaya, di ba ang "boang" nga word is accepted as Filipino language na man?

[clarkhkent]

dugay dugay na jud ni nakong gpang hinuktokan! bisan kaniadto sa bata pa ko! naglibug jud ko nganong dili man ang bisaya/cebuano maoy national language kay mao man kini ang gigamit sa hapit tanan sa visayas ug mindanao! pero bisan pa man diay ug pareha ta ug gipang sulti pero wala gihapon tay pag sinabtanay sa usag usa! useless lang gihapon! mao nang nakatuaw na lang ko sa akong kaugalingon nga mas maayo pa diay ug mag lain lain!!! yawat na lang magkasinabut ta! pero lisud lang gihapon! kay tungod sa atong tagsa tagsa ka garbo ug idelohiya! maong wa na juy pag laom nga magka hiusa pa ta tanang mga pinoy!!! pero maau ta ugma damlag makabot ra kini nato gihapon ang tanan!!!

ALLELULIAH!!!

[splendid moonlight]

according to my teacher, tagalog is a weak language. there are too many repetitions in the syllables. the repetition is a sign that a language is weak. although how it is made weak by this i cannot begin to understand. i don't know if u have heard of this but imagine this scenario.

two men on their way to the elevator. the other one a foreigner and the other one a filipino.
elevator door opens. both men steps inside. the elevator operator was a filipino.

operator: bababa ba?
filipino: bababa.
foreigner: (confused) how do u understand each other when all you're saying is ba ba ba..?

i don't know about u but i found that really funny.

[thisbe.ara]

i've never appreciated tagalog as the national language..
i mean, if national language is to promote unity, then why the he*k do we have to go through elementary, highschool and (damn) even college learning it? how about those who are uneducated and are not Tagalogs?? how will they learn? shouldn't be national language something that is innate? something that can be understood by a lot, with our without all the hassles of educatioN i mean, education is okay but geez, to have to go through all my years of studying with a filipino subject every sem.. arrgghh..
and check this out, how come most of the Tagalogs would mock Bisayans (who mastered the national language all their lives) when they speak the national language (just because it is not properly said and because we have this certain Bisayan accent).. and even in gag shows, Bisaya is being mocked. i can't see the unity there.

This is not a hate thread sa mga tagalog ha. it's just an observation.

OT: marquee, m doin great! miss you guys there! mustamos?