Cebuano Should Have Been The National Language

[handurawan]

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Binisaya/ Bisaya couldn't be the national language because of loose grammar structure/foundation

example:

1. Sumbagon tika ron, lagpot ka unya....

[dbalagosa]

the national language is not tagalog nor cebuana

the national language is FILIPINO.
and Filipino includes ilokano, pangasinense, tagalog, cebuano, binisaya and the rest goes on

It is filipino pero 90% of the words and sentence structure is still tagalog. Tabla ra ug tagalog. By the way, dapat bisaya ang name sa topic, dili cebuano.

[endlessknight]

the national language is not tagalog nor cebuana

the national language is FILIPINO.
and Filipino includes ilokano, pangasinense, tagalog, cebuano, binisaya and the rest goes on

Tagalog = Filipino. I mean, who are we kidding, right?

[3nZ0y]

Tagalog = Filipino. I mean, who are we kidding, right?

No, it's not. Read what the constitution has to say:

ARTICLE XIV

EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ARTS,
CULTURE AND SPORTS

LANGUAGE

Section 6. The national language of the Philippines is Filipino. As it evolves, it shall be further developed and enriched on the basis of existing Philippine and other languages.
Subject to provisions of law and as the Congress may deem appropriate, the Government shall take steps to initiate and sustain the use of Filipino as a medium of official communication and as language of instruction in the educational system.

Section 7. For purposes of communication and instruction, the official languages of the Philippines are Filipino and, until otherwise provided by law, English.

The regional languages are the auxiliary official languages in the regions and shall serve as auxiliary media of instruction therein.

Spanish and Arabic shall be promoted on a voluntary and optional basis.

Section 8. This Constitution shall be promulgated in Filipino and English and shall be translated into major regional languages, Arabic, and Spanish.

Section 9. The Congress shall establish a national language commission composed of representatives of various regions and disciplines which shall undertake, coordinate, and promote researches for the development, propagation, and preservation of Filipino and other languages.

Filipino is NOT ONLY Tagalog.
Tagalog is not the National Language.
But sad to say, many of the people in Luzon area are already adapting to the Tagalog language.

[ayki]

should have, would have, but isn't.
let's just get on with our lives. as long as we can speak both tagalog/filipino AND bisaya... we're GOOD.
changing it would only cause more conflict.

[salbahis]

i don't care! i prefer english as our national language to attract foreign investors! english should be our national language. call me money face of what! at this point, money matters and the more foreign investors, the more jobs, the more spending power of the citizens of the country, the more money, economy progressive!

your superficial!! thats all!!

[SioDenz]

bogoon lagi ka noh.. ang gisulti kay cebuano ang gi prefer na national language instead of tagalog.. pero niabot man ka sa english ug cory intawn oi...

di na siya bogo bro, naa lang na siyay sakit

[rodsky]

The basis behind a unifying language for a nation is to help it achieve a sustainable level of cohesion with which to establish law, order and governance. It is only purely by an unlucky happenstance that the people who established the inklings of a Philippine government in the 1930's chose Tagalog as the basis for the "Filipino" language. Yes, if the founding fathers back then were in Cebu during the time they made the decision (and if most of them were Cebuano/VisayaN), yes there could have been a good chance that Cebuano could have been the basis for what we now know as "Filipino". But the only way to reverse that is to go back in time and tell our founding fathers that they should have convened in Cebu THEN make that decision.

All in all, this thread is just similar to someone saying, "I wish I won the lottery." Well, I'm sorry to tell you this, but YOU DIDN'T, so what is there left to discuss?

-RODION

[kajrot1]

i don't care! i prefer english as our national language to attract foreign investors! english should be our national language. call me money face of what! at this point, money matters and the more foreign investors, the more jobs, the more spending power of the citizens of the country, the more money, economy progressive!

but ur face is very Bisaya indeed!! so why english2? hahaha

@topic
bisaya jud kay mas daghan2 paman ta nila

[dbalagosa]

The basis behind a unifying language for a nation is to help it achieve a sustainable level of cohesion with which to establish law, order and governance. It is only purely by an unlucky happenstance that the people who established the inklings of a Philippine government in the 1930's chose Tagalog as the basis for the "Filipino" language. Yes, if the founding fathers back then were in Cebu during the time they made the decision (and if most of them were Cebuano/VisayaN), yes there could have been a good chance that Cebuano could have been the basis for what we now know as "Filipino". But the only way to reverse that is to go back in time and tell our founding fathers that they should have convened in Cebu THEN make that decision.

All in all, this thread is just similar to someone saying, "I wish I won the lottery." Well, I'm sorry to tell you this, but YOU DIDN'T, so what is there left to discuss?

-RODION

OT:
agree raman sa imo comments pero gusto lang jud mu air out mga tao sa ila concerns. For some, like me, it takes away some stress here sa work. naa lang jd mga tao nga ganahan mu discuss for no apparent reason. it is a forum anyway.