Language and the search for national identity 0 SHARES Share it! By extension, the debate has also touched on the topic of national identity, or our lack of it. Filipino cannot even be considered a true national language, they maintain, because it only institutionalized Tagalog, the language of so-called Imperial Manila. It validates my observation that when we still debate about our national language, we have yet to evolve a sense of identity. Since language is an important marker of culture and identity, federalism will render our search for a national language, and by extension our search for national identity, more elusive and contentious.

Source: Manila Bulletin November 28, 2018 09:45 UTC