Philippines mmara kɛseɛ ma nnipa kwan sɛ wɔnkyerɛ wɔn adwene, wɔndwen, na wɔnya kyɛfa. Wɔn gye eyi nso to mu ɛnam ɔman no gye a ɔgye International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to mu so, a ɛhwɛ nkorɔfo ne amanyɔ ho tumi ho ban a adekyerɛ ne nsɛm ho fahodi ka ho.
Yɛtumi kyerɛ yɛn adwendwen ne nsusueɛ ɛnam kasa, akyerɛw, anaa mfonini so. Nanso, yɛtia saa tumi yi so sɛ yɛannya tetefo kasa no adi dwuma na anyɛ nkɔso a.
United Nations mu anyansafoɔ a wɔhwɛ Tetefo Nkurɔfoɔ ho Tumi so aka sɛ: "Sɛ obi bɛtumi de ne kasa adi nkitahodie no yɛ onipa animuonyam ne adekyerɛ ho fahodi fapem."
Sɛ yɛntumi nkyerɛ yɛn ho, anaa sɛ yɛn ara yɛn kasa a yɛde di dwuma no sua a, tumi a yɛwɔ sɛ yɛbisa yɛn fapem nneɛma—te sɛ aduane, nsuo, tenabea, apɔmuden mu, adesua, adwuma—nso yera.
Ɛma yɛn tetefo nkurɔfoɔ deɛ, wei ho hia paa ɛfiri sɛ ɛka tumi foforɔ a wɔako anya no ho, te sɛ nyiyimo ho fahodi, adwuma ne nhwɛsoɔ koro, ne yɛn ho yɛn ho so hwɛ ho tumi.
Ɛfa yei ho no, UN General Assembly apae 2022-2032 sɛ Tetefo Kasa Mfeɛ Du (IDIL). Ne botae ne sɛ "yɛrennyaa obiara nkyiri na yɛremfa obiara nni akyi" na ɛne 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development hyia.
Wɔ IDIL Global Action Plan no mu no, UNESCO kyerɛɛ mu sɛ, "Tumi a wowɔ sɛ wode kasa biara bɛdi dwuma, wokyerɛ w'adwene a hwee nsiw wo kwan, ne wo ho wo ho so hwɛ ne adwumayɛ wɔ ɔman mu a ehu biara nni mu no yɛ adeɛ a ɛsɛ sɛ ɛwɔ hɔ ansa na yɛatumi anya nkitahodie ne pɛ a ɛbɛma yɛatumi ayɛ ɔman a obiara wɔ kyɛfa wɔ mu."
Global Action Plan no hwehwɛ sɛ ɔbɛtrɛ tetefo kasa a wɔde di dwuma wɔ ɔman mu no mu. Ɛkyerɛ akwan du a ɛbɛboa abɔ tetefo kasa ho ban, ahyɛ no den na wɔde adi anim: (1) adesua papa ne nwomasua a ɛnni awieeɛ; (2) tetefo kasa ne nimdeɛ a wɔde betwa ɔkɔm; (3) nhyehyɛe papa a ɛbɛma digital mu tumi ne adekyerɛ ho fahodi; (4) tetefo kasa nhyehyɛe a wɔayɛ sɛdeɛ ɛbɛma apɔmuden ayɛ papa; (5) atumfoɔ ne ɔman adwuma ho kwan a ɛda hɔ ma obiara; (6) tetefo kasa a ɛbɛkɔ so ayɛ amammrɛ ne abrabɔ fapem; (7) abɔdeɛ ahoroɔ ho banbɔ; (8) sikasɛm mu nkɔsoɔ a ɛnam adwuma papa so; (9) mmarima ne mmaa yɛ pɛ ne mmaa tumi ma; ne (10) ɔman ne adwumayɛfoɔ nkabom a ɛbɛkɔ so akyɛ de abɔ tetefo kasa ho ban.ing judged, discriminated, or misunderstood. We must embrace indigenous languages as integral to the holistic and inclusive development of our societies.
Adwene titiriw ne sɛ yɛde tetefo kasa bɛhyɛ amammrɛ, sikasɛm, abɔdeɛ ho nsɛm, mmara ne amanyɔ mu nhyehyɛe nyinaa mu. Sɛ yɛyɛ saa a, yɛboa ma kasa no mu yɛ den, nya nkwa, na wɔn a wɔde di dwuma no dɔɔso.
Awieeɛ no, ɛsɛ sɛ yɛbɔ mmɔden yɛ beaeɛ a ɛwɔ banbɔ, baabi a tetefo nkurɔfoɔ bɛtumi de wɔn ankasa kasa akyerɛ wɔn ho a wɔnsuro sɛ obi bebu wɔn atɛn, ayi wɔn ayɛ, anaa ante wɔn ase. Ɛsɛ sɛ yɛgye tetefo kasa to mu sɛ adeɛ a ɛho hia ma yɛn ɔman nyinaa nkɔsoɔ a obiara wɔ kyɛfa wɔ mu.