"Kaku ka keka ku." - The Language of Pampanga

The Language of Pampanga

Kapampangan

Kapampangan “Capampangan”
- Is what you call an Austronesian language, and also one of the 8 major languages of t
he Philippines.

Some facts you can learn about the dialect is that it is one of the most generally communicated in the Philippine language, and of its Predominant use that ranges from the entire province of Pampanga, and generally Mid to Southern regions of Luzon that belongs to the Kapampangan ethnic group.

It is also something to note that Kapampangan is used widely and ranges over south Bataan, Nueva Ecija and Bulacan and other regions that border Pampanga, Kapampangan is also a dialect that is known as a second language to some Aeta groups and communities residing in the southern part of Luzon.

The language is known honorifically as Amánung Sísuan ("breastfed, or nurtured, language") or “Pampangueno” that in basic terms Local language, that started overall due to the region of Pampanga that is near a Pampang or “River bank” that made this dialect reflect the “Obvious of things” from one root word to another to express or describe one thing in the most obvious way and add to the word.
/a;/ e/ i/ o/ u / Kampampangan vowels are stressed in pronunciation.


Commonly used root words that make most of the Kapampangan words:

Tikdo – Stand/Wake up
Matud – Sleep
Mangan – Eat
Pyalung- Play

Ali – No
Awa – Yes
Balamu – Maybe

Aldo – Day
Bengi – Night
Gapanapun – Afternoon

Lakaran – Walk
Pulandit – Run
Gapang – Crawl
Lundag – Jump


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