Luzvimindan Letters: The Vision With Proto Philippine Language | Luzvimindan Project

THE VISION WITH PROTO PHILIPPINE LANGUAGE

Most, if not all Philippine languages originates from a single hypothesized progenitor, the Proto Philippine Language (PPL). It explains why some languages share some degree of vocabulary and similarities.

If we remove Tagalog as the national language, it will leave a power vacuum. Which might be filled by either Cebuano (2nd most used) or Ilocano (3rd most used), or maybe English (The other official language of the Philippines). Which will just change the major player not solve the problem.

This is where Proto Philippine Language comes in. Since PPL is the hypothesized as the progenitor of various languages in the Philippines, it shares many traits with various languages i.e. In PPL the word "Balay" means "House" which is also used in Ilocano, Ibanag, Gaddang, Waray, Romblomanon, Onhan, Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a. Cebuano etc. With such trait, PPL can function as an auxiliary language, meaning learning other indigenous languages will be a lot easier if you know PPL and learning PPL will be a lot easier than Tagalog or English. That will make it easier to preserve these languages. Imagine speaking a language that is part Tagalog, part Cebuano, part Ilocano, part Bikol, part Tausug, part Maranao, etc.

Also, PPL will be a good lingua franca because it doesn't represent any ethnolinguistic nation thus using it will prevent a single group to have a hegemony over the other especially the minorities.

All that while still using something that is truly ours

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P.S.

Here's an example of sentences in PPL.

Nabuká na ba? (Is it open now.)

Panhik sa amin na balay. (Come into our house.)