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[–] Anaralah_Belore223@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What does anybody think of Jose Rizal's expression

[TAGALOG] "Ang hindi marunong magmahal sa sariling wika, masahol pa sa hayop at malansang isda"
[ENGLISH] "He who knows not to love his own language, is worse than beasts and putrid fish"
[ITALIANO] "Chi non ama la lingua sua è peggio d’una bestia e di un pesce puzzolente"
[LATINA] Qui non linguam suam diligit, peior est quam bestiae et pisces rancidae <-- this is my own translation

[–] 8rhn6t6s@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Debunked yan na hindi si Rizal gumawa hahaha. Learned this from my prof in college

https://mb.com.ph/2020/09/17/prof-ambeth-ocampo-on-rizal-and-fake-news/

[–] Anaralah_Belore223@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Quoting this from the Wikipedia page on "Sa Aking mga Kabata":

The poem was widely taught in Philippine schools to point out Rizal's precociousness and early development of his nationalistic ideals.

A passage of the poem often paraphrased as "Ang hindi marunong magmahal sa sariling wika, masahol pa sa hayop at malansang isda" (English: "He who knows not to love his own language, is worse than beasts and putrid fish") is widely quoted in order to justify pressuring Philippine citizens into using Tagalog; this ironically includes its majority of nonnative speakers. It is encountered most frequently during the Buwan ng Wika ('Language Month'), a commemoration of the establishment of the Filipino language as the national language of the Philippines.

Whenever I sense/hear/see this "Ang hindi marunong magmahal sa sariling wika, masahol pa sa hayop at malansang isda" quote directed toward me, I shrug off this bullshit.