SIL Philippines

Pasil Survey Report, Kalinga Province

Statement of Responsibility:
Gonzales, Ryn Jean Fe
Series Issue:
2015-018
Issue Date:
2017
Extent:
36 pages
Abstract:

Pasil is one of the eight municipalities of Kalinga province in the northern Philippines. It has 14 villages or barangays that are grouped into seven subtribes who each speak their own variety of Pinasil, the collective name for the language spoken in Pasil. The sociolinguistic survey conducted in the area investigated the extensibility of materials in Lubuagan, a related variety, and the possibility of language development in a variety of Pinasil if Lubuagan is not acceptable. The survey team used four different sets of questionnaires, participatory tools, and a modified recorded text test (RTT) to gather data on language relatedness, attitudes, and language vitality.

It was very clear that Lubuagan materials would not be extensible to Pasil. Although Lubuagan has high lexical similarity with Pasil, the people consider it as a different language and would rather have materials in Pinasil. The level of vitality of Pinasil based on the EGIDS is 6a, vigorous. The current status of the language will be able to sustain its current use or even a higher level of use especially in education, health, and other bodies of knowledge should the community decide to pursue a community-based language development.

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SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2015-018
Entry Number:
69859