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BINUKID

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About you
1 Do you consider yourself to be a native or fluent speaker of this language? If not, what language do you feel most comfortable speaking? No, I am not a fluent speaker of this language. I just learned the language when I worked with the indigenous people for 7 years. I am more comfortable speaking in Cebuano.  
2 What other language(s) do you speak? How well do you speak each one? In addition to Binukid and Cebuano, I can also fluently speak Tagalog which is the Philippine national language.
3 What ethnic group do you identify with? I can identify myself mostly with the Cebuano. However my husband belongs to the Bukidnon Tribe, thus I can also identify with their tribe.
4 What kind of work does your family do? My parents were farmers.
5 What is your highest level of education? Graduate Degree 
6 How threatened do you think your language is? Young generation of Bukidnon does not speak the language anymore only the adults still use the language. I personally knew some families who are ashamed to use the language outside of their own home because they will be laughed at as being "natives" by other people.
7 Would you want your child to attend vernacular education programs? Elementary, Secondary, University? Yes, definitely, I would love to send my children to educational programs using the vernacular as a medium of instruction. I know it will help them understand more their culture and of the people who are still using the language. 
In your home community
8 How often do you speak your language? Daily, weekly, monthly, never? Me and my husband use Binukid language maybe two to three times a week.
9 How often do you speak your national language? Daily, weekly, monthly, never? Very seldom. Only when I come in contact with somebody from Manila or from Tagalog speaking region. However, I hear Tagalog everyday from national television programs.
10 How often do you speak your language? Daily, weekly, monthly, never? We use the Cebuano in the house everyday.

You to them Them to you
11 In what language(s) do you speak with your parents? Cebuano
 Cebuano
12 In what languages(s) do you speak with your grandparents? Cebuano
 Cebuano
13 In what language(s) do you speak with your brother(s)?

14 In what language(s) do you speak with your sister(s)?

15 If you are married, in what language(s) do you speak with your spouse? Cebuano and English Cebuano and English
16 If you have children, in what language(s) do you speak with your children? Cebuano and English
Cebuano and English



17 If you have children, in what language(s) does your spouse speak with your children? Cebuano and English Cebuano and English



18 What language do you speak to the merchants at the bazaar/market? Cebuano and Binukid Cebuano and Binukid
19 What language do you speak to the merchants in the stores? Cebuano
 Cebuano
20 What language do you use for communication with members of local government? Cebuano and English
 Cebuano and English
21 What language do you use for communication with members of regional government? Cebuano and English Cebuano and English
22 What language do you use for communication with members of national government? What language do they use with you? Tagalog and English Tagalog and English
23 What language do you use speak to your religious leaders? Cebuano Cebuano
24 What language do you speak to someone you do not know? Tagalog or English Tagalog or English

25 What language will a religious leader use to conduct a ritual? Cebuano or English
26 Do you speak your language to members of neighboring ethnic groups? If so, which one(s) and how often? No
27 Do you ever speak the language of neighboring ethnic groups with members of those groups? If so, which one(s) and how often? No
28 Are there any members of your ethnic group who cannot speak your language? If yes, where? Yes, specially the younger generation of ages below 15 years old. Even my own children, who have ethnic blood cannot speak the Binukid language. Most children of marraiges between the ethnic tribe and a migrant do not speak the language anymore.
29 Are there any members of your ethnic group who speak your language differently from you? If yes, where? No, I don't think so.
30 Do most children in your community speak your language fluently? If, not what percent speak fluently? Most children in our community speak Cebuano, only very few can speak Binukid..

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