Mother Tongue: Mirror Of One Self

Agbiag dagiti Ilokano!!!

          Mother tongue denotes the language or the dialect of one institution. As I grow up in this world many languages I’ve heard. They say it’s a English, Tagalog, Cebuano, Bisaya and many more. But in my heart Ilocano is my language, why? Because I am a Ilocano and presently residing at Ilocos.

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, English and Tagalog are noticeable to use and for preferring for the betterment of each of us. But we should bear in mind that the Ilocano dialect is our mother tongue. We should use it and we should take care of it.

 Let’s be one. Let us keep in our minds that pure mother tongue, Ilocano, is essential in fulfilling our goals in life. So say that we are proud enough that we are Ilocano!!!