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FILIPINO TONGUES

by: CHONA C. QUITEVIS

From north to south, east to west

Diverse languages we speak best

Filipino, Cebuano,

Hiligaynon, Ilocano…

Different tongues serve as avenues

In meeting friends with brilliant views

Knowing culture vibrantly

Rooted in family deeply.

Filipino languages

Reflect identities

They connect to ancestry,

They pass down oral history.

“Bayanihan” spreads languages

As mirrors of who we are

Through various literary genres

That inspire people we care.