An Exploration into Kapampángan Language Oppression

Pakúyad nang Pakúyad ing Dílâ: An exploration on Kapampángan Language Oppression

For the longest time, data which confirms the declince of the Kapampángan Language among its native speakers remained elusive ~ not until Arceo et al of Don Bosco Academy in Mabalacat substantiated this with statistical evidence in 2017. The question however is WHY. Why do Kapampángans seem to speak their native language less and less? What structures and systems were put in place to create and perpetuate such a condition?

In this seminar-forum originally presented at the 16th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (16 ICAL) in June of 2024, Nigel Christopher Ayson of the Ágúman Sínúpan Singsing, Inc. will demonstrate that the decline of Kapampángan Language among its native speakers in Pampanga is a consequence of oppression resulting from the homogenizing aspect of the Philippine's created "national identity."

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• This Saturday, 2nd August, 02:00 pm, Pámandúlap king Sikolóyyang Kapampángan II in Angeles City
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