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Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa (Tagalog for 'National Language Month'), [1] [2] simply known as Buwan ng Wika ('Language Month') and formerly and still referred to as Linggo ng Wika ('Language Week'), is a month-long annual observance in the Philippines held every August to promote the national language, Filipino.
Filipino (English: / ˌ f ɪ l ə ˈ p iː n oʊ / ⓘ FIL-ə-PEE-noh; [1] Wikang Filipino, [ˈwikɐŋ filiˈpino̞]) is the national language (Wikang pambansa / Pambansang wika) of the Philippines, the main lingua franca (Karaniwang wika), and one of the two official languages (Wikang opisyal/Opisyal na wika) of the country, along with English. [2]
Established by Republic Act No. 7104 in 1991, [2] the commission is a replacement for the Institute of Philippine Languages (IPL; Linangan ng mga Wika sa Pilipinas) that was set up in 1987 which was a replacement of the older Institute of National Language (INL; Surian ng Wikang Pambansa), established in 1937 as the first government agency to ...
He became director of Commission on the Filipino Language (Filipino: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino) formerly Surian ng Wikang Pambansa during the year 1971 to 1999. Under his leadership, Pineda started socio-linguistic research to further widen the Filipino Language. Also one of this is about the orthographic reform in the Filipino Language.
In 1939, President Manuel L. Quezón renamed the Tagalog language as Wikang Pambansa ("national language" in English translation). [22] The language was further renamed in 1959 as Pilipino by Secretary of Education José E. Romero.
Lope K. Santos (born Lope Santos y Canseco, September 25, 1879 – May 1, 1963) was a Filipino Tagalog-language writer and former senator of the Philippines.He is best known for his 1906 socialist novel, Banaag at Sikat and for his contributions to the development of Filipino grammar and Tagalog orthography.
Almario has been a recipient of numerous awards such as several Palanca Awards, two grand prizes from the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the Makata ng Taon of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, the TOYM for literature, and the Southeast Asia Write Award of Bangkok. He was an instructor at the Lagao Central Elementary School from 1969 to 1972.
At the same time, he was the director of the Institute of National Language (INL [8] or Surian ng Wikang Pambansa, SWP; now the Commission on the Filipino Language or Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, KWF) [1] [2] of the Department of Education, [5] and was the head of the UNESCO's Akademya ng Wikang Filipino. [5]