Complete Details about the Buwan ng Wika Theme 2023 for Teachers and Students in PH
BUWAN NG WIKA 2023 THEME – The KWF released the Language Month theme for this year recognizing the linguistic diversity in the Philippines.
There are certain factors that contribute a lot to the identity of a country and one of them is the language that most people in a country use. In the Philippines, the national language is Filipino — which is often interchanged with Tagalog but the two (2) are different.
Way back the 1930s, the first official language in the Philippines is Tagalog. It is the primary language of people who are living in Manila, the capital of the country. It was written in the Baybayin alphabet before but now it is written in the Latin alphabet.
In 1987, Filipino became the official language in the country after some Tagalog words were considered “aesthetically unpleasing” as per Your Dictionary. Also, the Cebuanos, the people living in Cebu, did not agree to Tagalog being the national language in the country and it gave birth to a new version which is Filipino.
However, amid the Filipino being the national language in the country, there are still a lot of languages or dialects that the people speak. The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) recognize it that is why they came up with a theme for the Buwan ng Wika 2023 celebration that highlights the linguistic diversity in the country.
Here’s the theme for the Language Month or the Buwan ng Wika 2023:
“Filipino at mga Katutubong Wika: Wika ng Kapayapaan, Seguridad, at Ingklusibong Pagpapatupad ng Katarungang Panlipunan”.
The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) stated that the data of the KWF shows that there is currently a total of 134 languages in the country including the Filipino Sign Language (FSL). It stressed that these languages are the bridges that promote peace, security, and inclusive social justice in the country.
Attorney Marites Barrios-Taran, the director-general of KWF, said that recognizing the different languages in the country is important for the unity of the Filipinos towards a peaceful, safe, and inclusive society.
The Director-General added that all the elements of the state must be used to progress the welfare of every Filipino as per the article. Among the activities that are expected this Language Month in the Philippines are the conduct of webinar series, the holding of book fair, and the awarding of the chosen individuals and organizations that showed great value to the Filipino language.
The schools also launch activities for the Language Month and a lot of students seach for the poems for the Language Month or the Tula Para Sa Buwan ng Wika.
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