Kankanaey Words for the day

asag-en  = near/close
sadot = lazy

Bakakeng.

Bakakeng is a barangay unit in Baguio City.  The barangay houses a campus of Saint Louis University where the School Of Accountancy and Business Management and the School of Computing and Information Sciences are administered.  The barangay is reached through a road forking from the Marcos Highway (near/below the Sta Catalina Convent) or from Kenon Road (deviation road somewhere in Camp 7) 

I want to develop a lexicon/dictionary that may be of help to Filipino OFW's.  The lexicon should show a list of terms used by potential employers in different countries when dealing with Filipino OFW's. 

I hope I will have time to do it soon.

I heard that the word Torch is used to mean flashlight in a certain country? 
It actually makes sense.

itdo means to point or to teach

The Kankanaey word "itdo" has two common meanings.
Depending on the context, itdo may mean to teach or it may mean to point.

Umitdo ka kod. = please teach me.

Itdom kod di kad-an di ba-ey yo. = Will you please point to where your house is.

Published Thought on the Mother Tongue

One's mother tongue is significant factor of one's identity.  When one participates in social activities driven by one's mother tongue, one carves his/her identity. Such an identity makes one a significant social being.

Everyone can define his identity through a ,other tongue.  Everyone has been bestowed an ability to acquire language.

Language Acquisition by a Child

How does a child acquire a language:
There is a school of thought posited by cognitive scientists that every child/person has inherent blueprint of language.  The child is genetically assigned a language faculty.  However, exposure and/or training is needed for the child to develop his/her language.