Posted on February 28, 2006 - Filed Under Punch Forum |

Santiago Villafania
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28 Feb 2006

To: Eduardo Pontaoe & Van S. DeLeon

Pangasinense is an anglicized term which refers to the people of Pangasinan. Much like Negrense or Française or Angaise.

I first encountered the term Pangasinense in Armando R. Ravanzo's essay entitled "Pangasinan: a dying dialect?" — http://gov.pangasinan.com/theprovince/dialect.htm

(Ravanzo though erred when he identified Pangasinan as a dialect instead of a language.)

Pangasinan refers to the province and its language.

Of course, Dagupeño, Bulaqueño, Pampangeño and/or Zambaleño are also correct but this is in Hispanized form.

Santiago B. Villafania
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