NATIVE LANGUAGE
K A P A M P A N G A N The word Kapampangan is derived from the root word pampang which means river bank.Very little is known about the language prior to the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century.In the 18th century, two books were written by Fr. Diego Bergaño. He authored Vocabulario de la lengua Pampanga and Arte de la lengua Pampanga.Two 19th-century Kapampangan writers are hailed as being the equivalent of William Shakespeare in Kapampangan literature. Father Anselmo Fajardo was noted for his work ... Kapampangan is primarily spoken in the provinces of Pampanga and Tarlac. It also spoken in the provinces of Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, and Bataan.The Philippine Census of 2000 states that 2,312,870 out of 76,332,470 people speak Kapampangan as a native language... Standard Kapampangan has 21 phonemes: 15 consonants and five vowels. Some western dialects of Kapampangan have six vowels. Syllable structure is relatively simple. Each syllable contains at least a conson...