This coming Buwan ng Wika, we ponder: Where is Filipino, the national language of the Philippines, now? Engineering the National LanguageIt has been exactly 80 years since then President Manuel L. Quezon ratified the establishment of the Institute of National Language (INL), the predecessor of the current KWF, in 1936, with the goal of creating a national language for the Philippines. Anti-Filipino sentiment, federalism, and other hurdlesThere are groups of people, however, who are averse to the establishment of a national language. According to Almario, there exist several anti-Filipino associations that reject notions of a national language and promote regional languages. “Social media and mainstream media do not make the effort of propagating the national language.

Source: Manila Bulletin August 16, 2016 06:33 UTC