<div dir="ltr"><b><font size="4">KWF, indigenous groups: Filipino is language of peace<br></font></b><br>By Lester G. Babiera<br>Philippine Daily Inquirer<br>12:06 am | Monday, March 17th, 2014<div><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) and 100 representatives of cultural  communities nationwide have passed a resolution urging that every peace agreement and law be written in Filipino and the indigenous languages.</p>
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The extraordinary resolution was written in Filipino, urging government and relevant agencies that—“na ang mga balangkas ng kasunduang pangkapayapaan at ang mga batas na ipinaiiral sa bansa ay dapat isulat sa wikang Filipino nang may katumbas na teksto sa mga katutubong wika ng mga pangkat etniko. (That peace accords and other laws should be written in Filipino with corresponding versions written in the  languages of cultural  communities.)”</p>
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The resolution was passed during the extraordinary summit on peace and language, “Wika ng Kapayapaan: Pambansang Summit at Palihan,”  on Feb. 13-15 at Kaamulan Gym in Malaybalay, Bukidnon.</p><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">
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