Keeping in Mind Our Mother Tongue

It has already been embedded in our minds that English language is the universal language. English is used everywhere we go. We utilize English in our street signs, magazines, movies we watch, instructions, words in the internet, and communicating with people around the globe. Thus, we want to learn, be proficient, and be masters in the English language. It’s is always a big WOW for me if I meet a fluent individual with her speech and writings in perfect and idiomatic English. I also want to be like them, I say.

Because of the big impact or influence of the Americans in our lives, we now forget our very own dialect. We tend to use English or Filipino than the Iloko dialect. It is indubitable that the majority of Ilocanos put out of their minds our mother tongue.  This is a big shame on the dialect. A number of populace whose roots are in Ylocos doesn’t know how to speak Iloko anymore, if they do know, just the basics. We, Ilocanos are very lucky to have our own language. Additionally, our Yloko dialect is splendid and very different from the other dialects. So, we must value, appreciate, and use it properly.

It’s not bad to be educated about other languages. It’s just that, we must not replace our own to the things we’ve just learned.