Keeping in Mind my Mother Tongue

                Ilokano nak!!!

                Ilocano is an Austronesian language of the Philippine type spoken by about ten million people. It is a member of the Cordilleran language family which comprises the languages of the Northern Luzon.

                We should be proud of our mother tongue. In our country, it has been called the “National Language of the North.”  Many ethnic groups from the northern regions of our country use Ilocano as their dialect instead of the national language of our country which is Tagalog or Pilipino. Ilocano remains a regional language with no political power or use in education past the early elementary years.

                Nowadays, it is noticeable that some of us prefer to use English or Tagalog. We should bear in mind that the Ilocano dialect is our mother tongue. We should use it. We should be proud of it. We should love and respect our own dialect.

                Let’s be one. Let us keep in our minds that pur mother tongue, Ilocano, is essential in fulfilling our goals in life.