• moonriver said on Oct 27, 2007....

  interesting indicators. i need to write a whole blog to explain why i can't define my national identity here at soulcast... :-)
  
  anyway, i've done some substantial studies on austronesian languages and origins, and my reference books tell me that hiligaynon, sugbuhanon and kinaray-a are not mere dialects, but full languages in their own right. you are so lucky that you can actually speak five languages!
  
  for a list of philippine languages, click here.
  
  

• LayaMaria said on Oct 27, 2007....

  moonriver: Wow. They're already languages? We just consider them dialects *lol*. We are so regional-minded (sort of like clannishness) that some Luzonians (especially Manilenyos) actually discriminate against Visayans and Mindanaoans, so having an ear for languages saves me a lot of grief (I speak 'deep Tagalog' like a native, thanks to my SO). Anyway, I'm just trying to see how people define their identity. More of that regional-mindedness again, I suppose... like here, Manilenyos are supposed to be 'refined', Ilokanos are so thrifty they're stingy (kuripot), Cebuanos are loudmouths, Ilonggas are sweet, those belonging to the Muslim tribes are warlike, and all those tribal stereotypes. But we do have some things in common, like what I've already mentioned above. So what do the people in your country have in common?

• moonriver said on Oct 27, 2007....

  i think people in most asian countries are regionalistic too, because of the great diversity of peoples, cultures, languages and environments. and also because many of the colonial and post-colonial states tried to forcibly bind diverse peoples into just one national identity. that includes the big countries like china, india and indonesia. in that sense, i think regionalism is good, not bad, so long as it doesn't deeply undermine national identities.
  
  re my own country, it's best that i answer your question indirectly, with a blog i wrote last december.
  
  

• silverwhisper said on Oct 27, 2007....

  heh...like moon, i don't describe my heritage on SC i'm afraid, which actually prevented me from blogging something kinda nifty yesterday.
  
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