UP Lingg attend launch of Bugkalot/Eģongot orthography 

Assoc. Prof. Maria Kristina Gallego, PhD and Instr. JM De Pano are in Cabarroguis, Quirino to attend the official launching of the Bugkalot/Eģongot orthography (Oltoglapiya no Búgkalot/Éģongot). Among the attendees are language speakers from the Bugkalot/Eģongot communities in Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, and Aurora. MA Lingg student Rolien Mark Balisi, a member of the Sangay ng Lingguwistika at Aplikadong Lingguwistika of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF), is also at the event. 

The book was published by the KWF. The Department joined the orthography workshops in 2023, collaborating with the community, the KWF, local offices of the Department of Education (DepEd), the Translators Association of the Philippines (TAP), and the Bugkalot Bible Translators. 

Members of the Department first assisted in the facilitation and documentation of the orthography workshops in July 2023 as part of the extension project, “Developing a Community-Led Documentation Project for Bugkalot – Phase I.” Gallego, De Pano, and Balisi were among the members of the 2023 Linguistics 225 (Field Methods in Linguistics) team. 

More details about the collaboration may be found at <https://linguistics.upd.edu.ph/news/developing-a-community-based-documentation-project-for-bugkalot-phase-i/>.