On domestication: glossary of dumagat words Irish C. Eumague...[et.al].

Thesis (Bachelor of Secondary Education major in English) -- University of Rizal System-Morong.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This study was conducted with the aim of documenting the Dumagat Words to come up with a glossary at Sitio Manggahan Barangay Daraitan Tanay, Rizal, during the academic year 2016-2017. Its purpose was to list down the Dumagat Words according to the category of bathing, cooking, farming, wedding and worshipping. This involved the residents of Manggahan belonging to Dumagat community who were purposively chosen since they can provide the needed information for the completion of this inquiry. The inquiry was guided by pictures, interviews and observations in order to document the words used by the Dumagats related to the categories specified. The Dumagat residents were asked showing the pictures of the different activities, utensils, materials, and others. They were also observed by the researchers on their day to day activities to validate the words surveyed from them. Unstructured interview was instituted in order to gather and validate the words collected from them. With the aid of the steps considered in the study, in terms of categories of bathing, cooking farming, wedding and worshipping the findings are, there were Dumagat words whose sounds have similarities to Filipino words. However, there were words used by the Dumagats differ from the Filipino words. Moreover, the study also found out that Dumagat words were dominated by the phoneme /ɛ/ and /u/ contrast to the phoneme /a/, /ɪ/ and /ɔ/ utilized in Filipino words. With the findings the study concluded that the Dumagat words have the similarity with the Filipino words in terms of sound. And also, majority of the Dumagat words were interfered by the phoneme /ɛ/ and phoneme /u/ which can be compared to Filipino words which have the phoneme /a/, /ɪ/ and /ɔ/. In the summary the Dumagat have distinct sounds which are the phoneme /ɛ/ and /u/ in their words in terms of the following categories; bathing, cooking, farming, wedding, and worshipping. The data showed that phonology in language connects the idea of culture and the use of language in the day to day basis of the informants. On the experiences and insights of the researchers the study found out that Dumagats are family-oriented, respectful to the elders of the tribe and has a good leadership to their community. The study made the researchers see valuing, educating, and widening the knowledge of the readers on words of Dumagats with the hope that the preservation of language be maintained in the succeeding generations.