tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22568898535642918162012-01-26T06:47:13.523-08:00A.K.A. FINONTOK, the language of the Bontoc indigenous groupFongakhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816226280843043509noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2256889853564291816.post-38807131298736570882009-04-22T20:03:00.000-07:002009-04-22T20:06:11.667-07:00

I translated this piece for a cousin of mine, who was going to read it in a program."Isnan laplapona ay khinaeb Apo Chios nan lofong, nang-ep siya isnan am-in ay winad-ayna tay chadlos ay khawis. Wad-ay ka’s sa ay khanag-awis ay ilan si mola ya teketeken ay enkik-iwi ay wad-ay isnan chanom, enfib-iyag isnan lota ya entat-ayaw id chaya. Magtek idwani ay timpo, napakawas et nan khawis ay ilan nan

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This film was one of two films featured in The 8th Asian Film Symposium in the category of Philippine Medium Length Films entries, sponsored by The Substation, Singapore. It was shown on September 21, 2008 along with Infancia en las Islas de Filipinas, si Fecha (Childhood in the Philippines Islands, undated). Other countries, who participated in this event, were China, Indonesia, Malaysia,

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SAMOKIComposer: Loy FangedWaday nan ili ay nenngachan si SAMOKIEngkhana ad sangad-om, komekedser na’y iliKhefa, Sadlan ya Khawa, nginadnan si aamam-aChorus: Samoki, somobli ak to issaKhakhayamko, omipapakod cha Ad Sadlan ay adi malichonganAd Khefa ay adi kasangotanAd Khawa, adi ta kaom-omaNan nay semek ay mangipalikna’s nan layad mi’d KidlaaAt awni’t sakhongek to sika No apchas pay mamatok nan

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I took this video during the CICM Centennial Celebration in December 12-15, 2007. It was funny how the youngsters included modern dance moves in the Bontoc courtship dance.

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Bontoc has 16 barangays. Two of those are Mainit and Maligcong, two beautiful and scenic places. I visited these two barangays in 2006 along with some visitors.Mainit is well-known for its hotspring, supposedly from an inactive volcano. In fact, one of the visitors commented that the whole barangay of Mainit seems to be the crater of the volcano itself. Yay! Maligcong is well-known for its

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View of Bontoc from Caluttit sideBus washing in the Chico river Smokey Mountain?The Philippine Flag in CapitolCoffee and Hotcake! (kapi and sagkik man...)

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"Ya ket ay enkhabfo cha Charchar ken Chadsaag ya mabfolafog nan kaag as kapagpag. Entaod pay si Charchar ya ket map-as nan mokhong as kacheppas; nakhafot nan tonged as Lakhipan. Naoma pay chadlos Kamfonyan ya ke na't pasafaten nan kichor ya keleb sa cha pay chadlo ompa. Ay, iyala tako't ta adi omali's Chadsaag ya mapet-ang nan tapeyan sa pay ya mid kasin tako iyala. Nay kowam sa Charchar.....

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The famous food product of Bontoc

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This is an excerpt from the legend of Lomawig, a god who came down from heaven and chose to live with the Bontoc people. Because of this, he is considered the god of the Bontoc people. Ifontok old men claim that Bontoc customs and rituals originate from him. This version of the Lomawig legend was written by Madkil Dagas and Eduardo Yango, and translated into English by Mr. Luciano M. Kanongkong

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Nan Pinang-ammon Apo Chios isnan Kasasaad nan Takho1 Sinokisokmo sak-en, Chios Apo, ya ammom am-in nan semekko.2 Ammom nan am-in ay ikkak olay mo tomokcho ak paymo tomakcheg ak. Olay mo adchawi ka ken sak-en et aammom nan ek sesemken.3 Imoschengam kayet nan omay-ayak; siya akhes mo mamaseyep ak. Tet-ewa! Ammom am-in nan ik-ikkak.4 Olay eg-ayko tinakang nan topekko, Chios Apo,

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Nan Layad nan Likhatan is an old and very popular song in Bontoc, speaking of a love that has gone awry yet still hinting at a chance for reconciliation. My brother asked me to listen to a contemporary rendition by a band, composed mostly of Ifontoks, named PE'tune and sent the file to me. I have heard this band play and I liked the voice quality of their lead vocals, but they have since

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Khawis ay safeng Ay inpagpagkhasowengFab-a matalengtengAwak maeteeteng.Safeng kafornayInomen ad-i kalaklakayAwak mablamablay Felay maokaokay.Akhas ay safengKen kaana'n panateng Fafai inkimen Safeng enna inomen.Khachiw ya agkhamaKhawis si naipesaAmam-a laychenchainomencha sa somya.Free Translation:Safeng is beneficialIts taste is sourIt sets the teeth on edge The body becomes continuously

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(This is a section of what I wrote in my paper for my Effective Teaching class in the 1st semester of 2005.) I realized during my stay here in Manila, and even when I was studying in Baguio City that people have so many misconceptions about indigenous peoples in the Cordilleras, collectively called Igorots. I also realized that the farther one goes, the more numerous and unsettling the

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This is a very interesting story of an Ifontok man named Timicheg, who died in Ghent, Belgium (circa 1913), and who will have (or maybe he already has) a street named after him: http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view_article.php?article_id=28507. (Kudos to http://www.igorotblogger.blogspot.com/)

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(This is a paper I wrote for my Sociolinguistics class.) I am going to write about a multilingual situation that I observed in my younger cousins, when I went home summer of last year. It pertains to the addition of a language in their repertoire of languages due to media. This is also relevant to language shift as the language that is becoming popular to them may be the

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(Here is an attempt to write poetry in my language.)Ad-i ngen khawis nan kasin tako masab-atan.Nan sanga ya iliw enna pen kaan.Ad-i karkarpasan nan okhod tako.Nan ango et kag ad-i kakonto.Fowan ya tawen nan mafilangIsnan eg-ay tako nen-ilaan.Ngem ya ket nay naamong takoKag eg-ay nasisyan nan awak tako.Ifaagyo'd ay lilwidkoMo ngag nan inmat isnan fiyagyo.Ayet achi ichad-atyoTa kasin tako maammowan

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