Tagalog/Filipino
A description of a diasporic language
Origin of the language
Where is the original home location of the language? What language family does the language belong to? What other languages are related to this language? How many speakers are there worldwide?
History of the speakers in California
Find out about the history of these immigrants. Read about this culture on the Multicultural America website: http://www.everyculture.com/multi/
Use additional sources such as Multilingual San Diego to learn details specifically about California.
When did the immigrants come to California? Where did they come from? (one country, several countries, other parts of the US?). What brought them to California?
Demographics: location and number of speakers in California
a. How many speakers are there in California?
b. What does the 2010 census say about speakers of this language in the California population of people over the age of 5?
c. Use the MLA language map and the US Census county link to determine which California counties have the highest number of speakers. List every California county with 1000 speakers or more.
d. Which California county is the highest?
e. What major California cities are in that county?
Ethnolinguistic vitality in California
Use online sources to find out about community organizations and services for the language in the major cities of California where the language is found.
Some questions to look for:
a. Do the communities have schools that teach the language to children?
b. Are there classes in the language for adults?
c. Are there places of worship where the language is used? (churches/mosques/synagogues/temples)
d. Are there clubs, sports teams, social organizations in these California
communities that are associated with the language?
e. Are there neighborhoods with stores and restaurants that cater to this
ethnolinguistic group?
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