ANGELES CITY — At least 21 traffic signboards using the “highly threatened” Kapampangan language have been finalized here on Monday (July 19) for reproduction along two major roads.
Localizing the signboards was in compliance with Ordinance No. 424 “establishing Kapampangan as an official language of Angeles City and institutionalizing its use in all sectors alongside existing national and official languages,” Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. said.
A first in Pampanga, the traffic signboards will be put up next to existing signages in English along the stretch of MacArthur Highway in the city and the Filipino-American Friendship Circumferential Road, Lazatin said.
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