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"Sa Aking Mga Kabatà" (English: To My Fellow Youth) is a poem about the love of one's native language written in Tagalog. It is widely attributed to the Filipino national hero José Rizal , who supposedly wrote it in 1868 at the age of eight. [ 1 ]
Igbo (English: / ˈ iː b oʊ / EE-boh, [5] US also / ˈ ɪ ɡ b oʊ / IG-boh; [6] [7] Standard Igbo: Ásụ̀sụ́ Ìgbò [ásʊ̀sʊ̀ ìɡ͡bò] ⓘ) is the principal native language cluster of the Igbo people, an ethnicity in the Southeastern part of Nigeria. Igbo Languages are spoken by a total of 31 million people. [1]
Pascual H. Poblete (Filipino: Pascual Poblete Hicaro; May 17, 1857—February 5, 1921) [1] was a Filipino writer, journalist, and linguist, remarkably noted as the first translator of José Rizal's novel Noli Me Tangere into the Tagalog language.
In 1901, the American Governor General William Howard Taft suggested that the U.S.-sponsored Philippine Commission name Rizal a national hero for Filipinos. Jose Rizal was an ideal candidate, favourable to the American occupiers since he was dead, and non-violent, a favourable quality which, if emulated by Filipinos, would not threaten the ...
The International Association of Filipinologists (Spanish: Asociación internacional de las filipinistas; French: Association Internationale des Philippinistes; German: Internationale Vereinigung der Filipinologen) is a defunct international organization of Filipino and foreign intellectuals established in Paris, 1889 by the Bohemian scientist Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt and Philippine national ...
Igbo is a tonal language, and there are hundreds of different Igbo dialects and Igboid languages, such as the Ikwerre and Ekpeye languages. [25] In 1939, Dr. Ida C. Ward led a research expedition on Igbo dialects which could possibly be used as a basis of a standard Igbo dialect, also known as Central Igbo.
The Iglesia Watawat ng Lahi's doctrine was derived from Roman Catholic teachings and Philippine nationalism as exemplified through the literary works of José Rizal.The organization of the group is composed of two distinct lines; an ecclesiastical group which is composed of the group's religious leaders headed by the "Supreme Bishop", who is a member of the group's Board of Directors; and a ...
WikiProject Igbo is a project covering the scope of topics related to Igboland, the Igbo ethnic group, and the Igbo language.WikiProject Igbo was created on May 30, 2010 and is aimed at bringing together all Igbo related articles under one project to effectively monitor the coverage of these topics and in order for a community of users interested in the topics to form.