I'm in the United States, an American-born child to a Filipino family, half rural (Mabini, Batangas) and half urban (Cebu City). Family on both sides - including Italian-Filipino distant relatives - would rather practice English than Tagalog. I feel like the generational shift has me learning a dying language more and…

How do you feel about English seemingly becoming a de facto lingua franca? I have trouble finding Tagalog speakers who are willing to put up with me speaking English, because the Philippines has both as official languages and most who are bilingual would rather practice their "useful" English skill rather than their…

Does the growing use of English as a de facto lingua franca bother you? I have trouble finding people to speak Tagalog to since everyone in the Philippines learns English and would rather practice their "useful" English than speak the "dying" Tagalog.