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9/25/2015

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"Our Culture, Language, History, and Values are vital to uniting us as a Nation."
                                                                                                            ~Bobby Jindal


Dialect is a specific form of a language that has great significance to a nationality. Nowadays, a lot of the young people can't speak their native language or dialect. English is being widely used here in the Philippines. Learning the English language has its merits, since English is the universal language. However, it is often saddening that many of the young Filipinos are forgetting how to speak their own language. Honestly, I myself was not able to learn the dialects being used by the people in Benguet since I grew up using the Ilocano, Filipino, and the English language.  

Here are some common Kankanaey and Ibaloi Greetings and Sentences that I've recently learned.


Ibaloi:

Mapteng ja agsapa [Good Day; Good Morning]
Mapteng nga mamah' shem [Good Afternoon]
Mapteng nga edavi [Good Evening]
Kas-ano ka? [How are you? (singular)]
Kas-ano kayo? [How are you? (plural)]

Tuwa'y edapo-an mo? [Where did you come from?]
Tuwa'y dagwan mo? [Where are you going?]
Sah'no sih'kara? [How is he/she doing?]
Nanto y ngaran mo? [What's your name?]
     
Kankanaey:

Gawis ay agew mo [Good Day to you!]
Gawis ay agsapa [Good Morning.]
Gawis ay masdem [Good Afternoon]
Gawis ay labi [Good Evening]

Nalpuam? [Where did you come from?]
Umayam? [Where are you going?]
Entako. [Let's Go.]

Be proud of our language as well as our local dialects for this is who we are. As stated by Nelson Mandela, "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart."


18 Comments
Maria Cecilia Magmayo
1/31/2017 04:27:30 pm

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Emmit Romero
6/20/2017 02:47:15 am

American living in Benguet for the last year. Having lot of trouble learning language. I appreciate this list and will add to words Inhave found so far. Thanks

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assij
1/16/2019 02:45:27 am

mangan taku- let's eat

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Lomasi
1/11/2020 08:31:38 pm

Umamum tako - let’s drink
Danum - water

Apologies if I have some Ilocano mixed up in there

A lot of people use Iyaman for thank you, but I believe that’s a borrowed word from Ilocos too

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Cherry lavidez
9/4/2020 10:54:24 am

I do like your page...hope more lesson

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Angeeeeee
10/8/2020 08:24:17 pm

Ay ayaten ka ( gusto kita/ iloveyou) in ilocano

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Mimitan
12/26/2020 09:13:47 pm

I am igorot from Baguio with parents from Besao and Banao. My knowledge of the igorot language has limited words compared to English language. Igorot language consists of multiple dialects also which brings more diversity and appreciation of the mountain cordillera tribes.

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10/13/2020 05:43:06 am

Hello

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Jae
10/28/2020 06:44:26 pm

What is high in ibaloi

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Mae
4/19/2021 12:34:39 am

How igorot replies to "how are you?"

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DeLyRos
5/2/2021 06:52:32 pm

Hello. How do you say Come to Cordillera Region in kankanaey? I really needed it for my song. Thank you in advance ^^

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