Sɛ hwɛ sɛ w’ano atɔ mu mpofirim—sɛnea wobɛyɛ ho?
Adwene a ɛyɛ sɛ worentumi nkasa kyerɛ wɔ mu yɛ den paa. Ɛtɔ mmere a, sɛ wonya a wɔyɛ kasa a wote ho nsɛm wɔ mu na w’anya ɔhaw sɛ wɔyɛɛ ho kyerɛ a ɛyɛ ɔhaw kɛse.
Yɛyɛ nsɛm sɛ onipa a ɔyɛ ɔkyɛnsɛma koro a ɔte kasa foforɔ bi na obi nni hɔ a ɔbetumi agye akɔɔm a ɛyɛ ɔhaw kɛse. Anaa mpo ɛyɛ den wɔ wɔn ho, ɛbɛtumi aba sɛ wɔn ara wɔyɛɛ nsɛm a wɔn ho dwen sɛ, wɔn ara wɔn ho nkasa bɛtumi yɛ akɔɔyɛ wɔ wɔn daakye ho wɔ adɔm.
Wɔ United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFFI) ho nsɛm, wɔyɛɛ adwene sɛ wɔsa biara, kasafitafita a yɛɛ kasa biara yɛ nketɛmpɛn wɔ nsɛm biara.
Ɛyɛ yɛn mu sɛ ɛyɛ wɔn ho yɛ kasa ɔyɛ mpɛn nsɛm wɔ kasa a ɛyɛ nsɛm wɔ mpɔtam wɔ wiase mu, nanso wɔdwen sɛ ɛyɛ wɔn ho yɛ kasa ɔyɛ kɛse wɔ nsɛm ɔyɛ yɛnsɛ yɛnsɛm bi wɔ ɔman ho wɔ wiase mu. Kasafitafita wɔ mpɛnsɛm yɛ ɔsɛn mu wɔ yɛ wiase mu.
Wɔ Philippines, kasa abien wɔ hɔ a wɔaka sɛ wɔawie wɔn ho, na sɛnea Ethnologue ka no, wɔnhyɛ wɔn ho dwuma bio na obiara nni hɔ a ɔde kasa no ho yɛ ne ho adanse wɔ ɔmanfoɔ ho. Nea ɛyɛ ɔyaw kɛse ne sɛ, sɛ kasa bi wu a, nnwuma a ɛyɛ ɔmanfoɔ ho nyansafoɔ ne ho dwumadiɛ nyinaa no nso yɛ nnya.
UNPFFI kyerɛ sɛ kasa a ɛyɛ ɔmanfoɔ ho nyansafoɔ no nnya ɛyɛ nko ara nyansa ho dwumadie, na mmom ɛyɛ ɔmanfoɔ ho yɛyɛ ho nkɔsoɔ, wɔn adwene ho dwumadie ne wɔn ho nsɛm a ɛka wɔn ho. Sɛ wɔbɔ wɔn ho ban wɔ wɔn amammerɛ ho na ɛyɛ wɔn ho yɛyɛ ho dwumadiɛ nso a, ɛyɛ ɔsom.
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), a ɛyɛ nsɛm a wɔabɔ ho ban sɛ ɛbɛyɛ ɔbanbɔ ma ɔmanfoɔ ho nyansafoɔ wɔ wiase nyinaa, ma ho dɔ wɔ ɔmanfoɔ kasa ho.
Ɛka sɛ ɔmanfoɔ ho nyansafoɔ wɔ ho tumi sɛ wɔbɛsɔ wɔn ho so bio, yɛ kasa ho dwuma, yɛɛ wɔn ho dwene ne kasa bɔ wɔn daakye ho. Ɛka nso sɛ wɔbɛyɛ wɔn ho nsɛm wɔ kasa ho adwuma ho na wɔbɛma wɔn ho nnyinasoɔ wɔ wɔn kasa mu nkyerɛkyerɛ ne nsɛm ho dwumadie mu. Sɛ wɔn nsa ka wɔn kasa mu nyansafoɔ nsɛm a, ɛyɛ wɔn ho yɛyɛ na ɛyɛ nkɔsoɔ.
Filipinofoɔ, wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho ahyɛ UNDRIP ho no, asoma Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) Dwumadie, a ɛde ɔmanfoɔ ankasa kasa anaa wɔn kan kasa yɛ nkyerɛkyerɛ ho nsɛsoɔ wɔ nsukuani aduanan mu. Ɛwɔ mu sɛ ɛwɔ ɔhaw wɔ dwumadie ho, nanso ɛyɛ ɔsom sɛ yɛbɔ mmɔden yɛ nsɛm no ho mmɔdenhyɛ na yɛhwehwɛ nkɔsoɔ a ɛyɛ den wɔ ho a ɛbɛyɛ nea ɛbɛboa ɛyɛ nkɔsoɔ, ɛnyɛ sɛ ɛbɛboa nkasafie ho banbɔ nko ara, na mmom ɛbɛboa sɛ ɛbɛma nokwasɛm a ɛyɛ den aba na akɔnyim abɛba sukuufoɔ mu.
Wɔwɔ nsɛm foforɔ bebree, a KWF (Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino) na ɔdi nsɛm no kan, a ɛyɛ ho dwumadie sɛ wɔbɛyɛ mma yɛn ɔmanfoɔ kasa nkɛse aba nkwa mu bio. Saa nsɛm yi mu bi yɛ sɛ wɔyɛ mmɔden ma sukuufoɔ de ɔmanfoɔ kasa yɛ wɔn adwuma, wɔyɛ wɔn ho dwumadie ma nsɛm ho nnyinasoɔ ho, na wɔkyerɛkyerɛ wɔn wɔ ɛyɛ a ɛbɛboa kasa ho banbɔ. Wɔwɔ Atlas ng mga Wika ng Filipinas nso, a ɛyɛ ɔkyerɛnsɛm a ɛkyerɛ ɔman ho nkasa a wɔwɔ no.
Ɛyɛ nea ɛho hia paa sɛ yɛkyerɛkyerɛ yɛn ɔman kasa nkɛse a ɛyɛ ɔsom, nanso sɛ yɛpɛ sɛ yɛyɛ nea ɛde yɛn kasa nkwa mu a, ɛnyɛ ɛyɛ nsonsonoeɛ a ɛbɛyɛ nokware. Yɛsɛ yɛyɛ yɛn ho ɔyɛfoɔ wɔ kasa a yɛka ne sɛnea yɛyɛ ɔkyerɛw wɔ ho.
Ɛno ho nso, wɔ bere yi a ɛyɛ sɛ nsɛm a ɛyɛ ɛkorɔn wɔ nyansahuɛ mu no, yɛn ho yɛ ɔsom sɛ yɛde yɛn ho hyɛ nsɛm foforɔ a ɛyɛ ɛdan mu ho, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ nkɔsoɔ ma yɛn ɔmanfoɔ kasa. Ɛnyɛ ɔkwan foforɔ biara betumi ayɛ ho mma kasa nkɛse wɔ nkwa mu sɛ yɛyɛ ɔban ma sɛnea yɛn ho yɛ nnwuma wɔ ho a ɛyɛ pɛ no. Ɛyɛ ɔsom sɛ yɛyɛ yɛn ho den sɛ yɛbɛma yɛn ho wɔ ɔman ho nkasa, a yɛbɛma wɔyɛ wɔn ho nnwuma a ɛda wɔn ho yɛn ho adanse.