Let's learn:National Language Of The North.

Hi there my friend.In this article let's talk about something you might want to learn in order for you to interact better with the people of the North. Well without further a do, let's dive in to this one. I hope that you read it and learn in this piece.

Have you ever heard people talking in their native languages?

Did you feel left behind when you heard someone talking to each other about something and can't understand them because there's a language barrier and can't relate to what they're talking about?

If you feel like that folks then in this article let me share with you some of the common phrases in my native language which is Ilokano/Ilocano/Ilukanu. There are many ways on how we spell it.Their meaning is the same anyway.

First and foremost let me share with you some information about this.

Most of the people living up north speak Ilokano and it is considered as their mother tongue. It is an Austronesian language of the Philippines and it is part of the Cordilleran Languages spoken mainly in the Island of Luzon.

This Ilocano term is derived from "i" means from and "looc" means bay. When combined " People of the bay".

Did you know that Ilocanos were the first ethnic groups to revolt against spanish invasion back then and the Spain are not lucky enough to conquer Ilocos because of them.

Did you know also that Ilocanos had a king back then which is Don Pedro Almazan bur he was executed after the kingdom built by Ilokanos were dissolved.

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It originated in the provinces of Ilocos, people living here speaks the purest of ilokano or what we called " nauneg nga Ilokano"( deep words in Ilocano). Ilocos is the homeland of these Iloco people around the world. Why around the world because some of the OFW's who work abroad are Ilocanos and they ended up meeting their partner and having a family.

Ilocanos migrated all over the country that's why I'm not surprised if there are Ilocanos in Mindanao particularly in Sulu.

My grand ancestors came from Ilocos that's why I wanted to visit it so badly. Cultures of Ilocanos are unique from other cultures out there.

Biag ni Lam-ang is one of the famous epic of Ilocanos and I'm sure you read it while you were in Elementary or even in highschool.

Manang Biday is one of the song we sang when we were in elementary and we even danced using this song.

Here are some Ilocano words I want to share to you and might be helpful incase you may encounter one.

Naimbag nga bigat/ Naimbag nga agsapa (Good morning)

Naimbag nga malem (Good afternoon)

Naimbag nga rabii (Good evening)

Mangan tayun (Let's eat)

Makan (Food)

Naimas nga makan( Delicious food)

Kamusta ka?( How are you?)

Napintas (Beautiful)

Nagpintas ka ( You're beautiful)

Agdigos( Take a bath)

Papanam(Where are you going?)

Ana ti nagan mo ( What is your name?)

Nasam-it (Sweet)

Naalsim (sour)

Napait (Bitter)

Ay-ayaten ka (I love you)

Mabalin kadi nga arimen ka ( Can I court you?)

Nagpintas kaman ading lalu ta isem mo. Madik malapdan nga kitaen.(You're so beautiful especially your smile. I can't resist not to see it.)

Ay-ayaten ka unay , Gaw-atek ken alaik jay bulan para kenka. (I love you so much , I'll reach and get the moon for you)

Nu siyak ti ayatem madi kantu paspasakitan.(If I'm the one you will love , I'll never hurt you.)

Those are just some of the Ilocano words and Ilocano sentences. If you have some questions to know about it or translate to ilocano just comment down below.

Learning this kind of things will help you to communicate better if you will visit Ilocos and other provinces of the North. My province Nueva Vizcaya is one of them and if you happen to visit here , you have some knowledge on what they are speaking.

I hope you learned something from this one folks. I'm a Iloco and I'm proud of it.

If you're a Ilokano comment down below and let's get to know each other.😁

See yah in my next article. Arigatou.💕

Some of the info here are retrieved from https://iloko.tripod.com/Ilocano.html by Carl Rubino, Ph.D

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