Title:
SOCIOLINGUISTIC SURVEY OF AYTA MAG-ANTSI LANGUAGE

Authors:
Rosalyn G. Mirasol, Ph.D.

Abstract:
This paper is an analysis of the sociolinguistic situation of an ethnolinguistic group in Bamban, Tarlac, Philippines known as Ayta Mag-Antsi. The investigation determined the languages spoken by the children and elderly at home and in the community. The findings revealed that this ethnolinguistic group is multilingual, and the three dominant languages are Ayta Mag-Antsi, Kapampangan, and Filipino. This implies that parents may face a challenging decision of monitoring and controlling the use of what they seem a more important language to be learned by the child. The task of raising a multilingual child is a huge undertaking considering the hegemony of Kapampangan in their communities. It is promising though that the children may still learn and speak the Ayta Mag-Antsi language as the elderly speak the said language at home.

Keywords:
sociolinguistic survey, heritage language, Ayta Mag-Antsi

DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2021.4224