Section 8. This Constitution shall be promulgated in Filipino and English and shall be translated into major regional languages, Arabic, and Spanish.
Conclusion: English is the official language of the Philippines. This language was brought to Philippines by the British invaders in 1762.English became important under the U.S. rule between 1898 and 1946. Being the official language it is used predominantly in all government and educational institutions. All major media houses also use English for their publicationsThe 1987 Constitution declared Filipino as official language along with English. Filipino is used as the lingua franca in all parts of Philippines. The armed forces as well as the civil services prefer using Filipino over English. It also has the privilege of being the only national language that was to be "developed and enriched on the basis of existing Philippine and other languages" as per the 1987 Constitution. Pursuant to the constitutional deirective embodied in section 9, the constitution of the republic of the Philippines was accordingly promulgated in filipino and english, arabic, and spanish. There is no better nationalistic way of preserving in written from the ideals and aspirations of the filipinos embodied in the preamble of the constitution than that it be promulgated in filipino, the national language, consistent with the people's ideal og nationalism.
No comments:
Post a Comment