ISANG BANSA- ISANG DIWA- What's the meaning?
Fred M. Amores
What's the meaning of the slogan Isang Bansa Isang Diwa? French asking.
I hope somebody will answere me.
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ISANG BANSA- ISANG DIWA literally means ONE NATION-ONE LANGUAGE.In a
deeper meaning it can be ONE NATION-ONE PRINCIPLE/THOUGHT or ONE
NATION-ONE COMMON GOAL.. Filipinos united towards peace and prosperity.
This national slogan was intruduced during the Marcos era.I believe
this nationalistic slogan shall unite the Filipino nation towards
prosperity......Year 2000?
One Nation- One Language:The Philippine archipelago as a nation needs
a common language.Pilipino is the national language of the Philippines.
In principle it shall evolve,further developed and enriched on the
basis of existing Philippine and other native languages.Regional
languages such as Tagalog,Pampango,Ilocano,Bicol,Cebuano,etec.are
auxiliary languages.
Pilipino is basically Tagalog because the prime sponsor of Pilipino
language was former Philippine Commonwealth President Manuel Luis
Quezon circa 1930's who incidentally came from Tagalog speaking
province, south of Manila.
Pedro Dimalanta
amo...@ix.netcom.com(Fred M. Amores) wrote:
>What's the meaning of the slogan Isang Bansa Isang Diwa? French asking.
>I hope somebody will answere me.
>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>ISANG BANSA- ISANG DIWA literally means ONE NATION-ONE LANGUAGE.In a
>deeper meaning it can be ONE NATION-ONE PRINCIPLE/THOUGHT or ONE
>NATION-ONE COMMON GOAL.. Filipinos united towards peace and prosperity.
>This national slogan was intruduced during the Marcos era.I believe
>this nationalistic slogan shall unite the Filipino nation towards
>prosperity......Year 2000?
So you think what is not workable before for so many years, is now
doable in about 4 years? I doubt it. Marcos seems to have that
vision, but the *cancerous* cells around him were( and still are) too
much, and he ended up *cancerous* as well. Many would not agree with
me , but IMHO, Marcos made a good try to break out of that *social
cancer* Rizal knew very well afflicts our society, but lost miserably
to those *cancerous cells*. If Rizal has to walk through the streets
of Binondo, Quiapo, ...., IMHO, he wouldn't notice a change if not for
the worst. Take off those Levi's, Polo, Nike's and he won't notice
the difference.
>One Nation- One Language:The Philippine archipelago as a nation needs
>a common language.Pilipino is the national language of the Philippines.
>In principle it shall evolve,further developed and enriched on the
>basis of existing Philippine and other native languages.Regional
>languages such as Tagalog,Pampango,Ilocano,Bicol,Cebuano,etec.are
>auxiliary languages.
>Pilipino is basically Tagalog because the prime sponsor of Pilipino
>language was former Philippine Commonwealth President Manuel Luis
>Quezon circa 1930's who incidentally came from Tagalog speaking
>province, south of Manila.
You mean it was *imposed* on them. I would think English would have
been more appropiate. The Pampango can't complain, nor the Tagalog,
nor the Ilocano, nor the Visayan, nor the Bicolano, and so on.
Besides Pilipino as the official language was not implemented at all
for all official gov. transactions until Marcos did it. In schools,
TV, Print media, government, street signs, everywhere you see nothing
but English.
On the other hand, it proved to be plus on our side. English is
becoming the universal language.
paul manansala
In <4p4c2b$a...@news.acns.nwu.edu> wa...@putol.com (Pedro Dimalanta)
writes:
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>You mean it was *imposed* on them. I would think English would have
>been more appropiate. The Pampango can't complain, nor the Tagalog,
>nor the Ilocano, nor the Visayan, nor the Bicolano, and so on.
>Besides Pilipino as the official language was not implemented at all
>for all official gov. transactions until Marcos did it. In schools,
>TV, Print media, government, street signs, everywhere you see nothing
>but English.
>
This is silly. I was recently in the Philippines and I could hardly
find anything on TV in English. There was one short half-hour evening
news blurb on one of the channels and a few mostly unknown tv series.
Also, the ability of people to speak English has deteriorated rather
than improved over the last decade. In the Bisayas and other parts of
the south, it seemed hardly anyone among the common folk could speak
English.
We need to concentrate on promoting the local languages, and not just
Pilipino.
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Junjie Noguera
polm...@ix.netcom.com(paul manansala) wrote:
>In <4p4c2b$a...@news.acns.nwu.edu> wa...@putol.com (Pedro Dimalanta)
>writes:
>>
>>
>>You mean it was *imposed* on them. I would think English would have
>>been more appropiate. The Pampango can't complain, nor the Tagalog,
>>nor the Ilocano, nor the Visayan, nor the Bicolano, and so on.
>>Besides Pilipino as the official language was not implemented at all
>>for all official gov. transactions until Marcos did it. In schools,
>>TV, Print media, government, street signs, everywhere you see nothing
>>but English.
>>
>This is silly. I was recently in the Philippines and I could hardly
>find anything on TV in English. There was one short half-hour evening
>news blurb on one of the channels and a few mostly unknown tv series.
>Also, the ability of people to speak English has deteriorated rather
>than improved over the last decade. In the Bisayas and other parts of
>the south, it seemed hardly anyone among the common folk could speak
>English.
>We need to concentrate on promoting the local languages, and not just
>Pilipino.
I think that it is not that the people's ability to speak English has
deteriorated but there are less people who speak good English as
before. I was also in Manila recently after having been gone for
almost 10 years but I noticed that there are still English shows and
newscasts. It would be nice if all Filipinos could speak English so
that we have more solidarity as one country, but that would be turning
back on our National language - Filipino.
I am still confused as to why people say that the National language is
Pilipino. I remember when the '86 Constitution was being drafted the
delegates decided that the official language willl be Filipino as
opposed to Pilipino which is equivalent to Tagalog. Filipino aims to
assimilate all the different cultures that influenced the Philippines
as well as to include the dialects and languages found in the
diferrent regions (provinces) of the country. Like, _buang_ is
included in the Filipino language, while it is not in Pilipino because
it is actually Visayan.
Concentrating on our regional dialects would be a hindrance to the
reaching of one common goal. I think it is possible to support a
single national language without betraying their regional dialects.
Junjie Noguera
paul manansala
In <4p7olv$5...@news.aimnet.com> jun...@pacbell.net (Junjie Noguera)
writes:
>
>Concentrating on our regional dialects would be a hindrance to the
>reaching of one common goal. I think it is possible to support a
>single national language without betraying their regional dialects.
>
>Junjie Noguera
>
I disagree. Attempting to enforce a single language does
not create solidarity. In fact, in the Philippines, and in many
other countries, it has done quite the opposite. It is quite
possible to have a multilingual society like Malaysia and Switzerland.
We don't need to imitate what is done here in the United States.
Dakal a salamat,
Paul Kekai Manansala
RVILLAN220
I believe is One Country - One Nation (Country - Bansa , Diwa - Nation )