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The Pangasinan language belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian languages branch of the Austronesian languages family. Pangasinan is spoken by more than two million people in the province of Pangasinan, in other Pangasinan communities in the Philippines, and by a significant number of Pangasinan immigrants in the United States. Pangasinan is the primary language in the province of Pangasinan, located on the west central area of the island of Luzon along the Lingayen Gulf. It is the dominant language in central Pangasinan. The Pangasinan language is one of the twelve major languages in the Philippines. The total population of the province of Pangasinan is 2,434,086 (National Statistics Office: 2000 Census). The estimated population of the indigenous speakers of the Pangasinan language in Pangasinan is 1.5 million. The Pangasinan language is also called: Etymology of Pangasinan History Austronesian Languages The indigenous speakers of the Austronesian languages settled in the area of island Southeast Asia, South China, and Taiwan during prehistoric times, perhaps more than 5,000 years ago. The indigenous speakers of the Pangasinan language are descended from these prehistoric settlers, who were probably part of the prehistoric human migration that is widely believed to have originated from Africa about 100 to 200 thousand years ago. Ancient Pangasinan Script Pangasinan had a writing system before the Spanish conquest in 1571. The ancient Pangasinan script is related to the Tagalog Baybayin script and the Javanese Kavi script of Indonesia; it was probably influenced by the Brahmi script and Tamil script of ancient India. Introduction of Latin Alphabet The Latin alphabet was introduced during the Spanish colonial period. Pangasinan literature, using the Pangasinan script and the Latin alphabet, continued to flourish during the Spanish and American colonial period. Pangasinan acquired many Spanish and English words, and some indigenous words were hispanicized or anglicized. However, the use of the Pangasinan script has declined, and not many of the literature written in the ancient Pangasinan script has survived. Pangasinan Literature Only a few Pangasinan journalists, newspaper columnists, authors, and poets continue to write or publish their works in Pangasinan. Many of the older books about Pangasinan or written in Pangasinan are now out-of-print or of limited availability. Today, not many new books, newspapers or magazines are being published in Pangasinan. However, many Christian publications in Pangasinan are widely available. Most Pangasinans are now multilingual. Many Pangasinans have become proficient in Tagalog, the national language of the Philippines; English, a global language; and Ilokano, a neighboring language. However, the spread and influence of the other languages is contributing to the decline of the Pangasinan language. Some Pangasinans are organizing to encourage the use of Pangasinan in the print and broadcast media, internet, local governments, courts, and schools in Pangasinan. Classification and Related Languages Pangasinan: An Austronesian Language The Pangasinan language belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian languages branch of the Austronesian languages family. Pangasinan is similar to the Tagalog and Ilocano languages that are spoken in the Philippines, Indonesian in Indonesia, Malay in Malaysia, and Malagasy in Madagascar. The Pangasinan language is very closely related to the Ibaloi language spoken in the neighboring province of Benguet and Baguio City, located north of Pangasinan. The Pangasinan language is classified under the Pangasinic group of languages. The Pangasinic languages are: The Pangasinic languages are spoken primarily in the provinces of Pangasinan and Benguet, and in some areas of the neighboring provinces of Zambales, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, and Ifugao. Pangasinan is an agglutinative language. Linguistics studies suggest some Pangasinan word correspondences with the ancient Sumerian language, the first known written language. The Sumerian language, which was spoken in the ancient land of Sumer in southern Mesopotamia, is also an agglutinative language like Pangasinan. Geographic Distribution Pangasinan Speakers The Pangasinan language is the primary language in the province or region of Pangasinan in the Philippines, located on the west central are of the island of Luzon along the Lingayen Gulf. Pangasinan is the dominant language in central Pangasinan. The total population of the province of Pangasinan is 2,343,086 (National Statistics Office: 2000 Census). The estimated population of indigenous speakers of the Pangasinan language in Pangasinan is 1.5 million. Pangasinan is spoken in other Pangasinan communities in the Philippines, mostly in some areas of the neighboring provinces of Zambales, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, and Benguet; and by a significant number of Pangasinan immigrants in the United States. Sounds Features Pronouns Numbers The following lists the numbers from one to ten in English, Tagalog, and Pangasinan. Malinak lay Labi: A Pangasinan Folk Song Malinak lay Labi The night is late Oras la'y mareen The hour is peaceful Mapalpalna'y dagem A gentle breeze Katekep to'y linaew Along with it is the dew Samit da'y kugip ko So sweet is my dream Binangonan kon tampol Right away I awake Lapu'd say limgas mo Because of your beauty Sikan sika'y amamayoen You are the only one I will love Lalo la bilay Best of all, my life No sika la'y nanengneng When I see you Napunas lan amin All wiped away So ermen ya akbibiten The sorrows that I bear No nanonotan When I remember Ko la'y samit day ugalim Your sweet kindness Ag ta ka nalingwanan I will not forget you Angga'd kauyos na bilay Till life is gone Listen To Song Swadesh list in English and Pangasinan Manaoag Rules English - Pangasinan See also Further reading Lorenzo Fernandez Cosgaya. Diccionario Pangasinan-Espanol and Vocabulario Hispano-Pangasinan (Colegio de Santo Tomas, 1865). This is available in the Internet at the University of Michigan's Humanities Text Initiative. Anastacio Austria Macaraeg. Vocabulario Castellano-Pangasinan (1898). Mariano Pellicer. Arte de la Lengua Pangasinan o Caboloan (1904). Felixberto B. Viray. The Sounds and Sound Symbols of the Pangasinan Language (1927). Paciencia E. Versoza. Stress and Intonation Difficulties of Pangasinan Learners of English (1961). Paul Morris Schachter. A Contrastive Analysis of English and Pangasinan (1968). Richard A. Benton. Pangasinan Dictionary (University of Hawaii Press, 1971). Richard A. Benton. Pangasinan Reference Grammar (University of Hawaii Press, 1971). Richard A. Benton. Spoken Pangasinan (University of Hawaii Press, 1971). Richard A. Benton. Phonotactics of Pangasinan (1972). Ernesto Constantino. English-Pangasinan Dictionary (1975). Julio F. Silverio. New English-Pilipino-Pangasinan Dictionary (1976). Alta Grace Q. Garcia. Morphological Analysis of English and Pangasinan Verbs (1981). Mario "Guese" Tungol. Modern English-Filipino Dictionary (Merriam Webster, 1993). pag:Salitan Pangasinan | |||||||
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