Chirin Ivatan

19/08/2026

It is always an honor to share to the world that Chirin Ivatan is something we, Ivatans, built together. It feels surreal that something we created for the preservation of our own language and heritage can inspire others to preserve theirs, too. 🥰

Kapaysisidung tapa du chirinivatan.com 💪✨

𝗟𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲: 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟯 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿

Narito ang ikatlong paksa at tagapagsalita ng Lumingon 2026! 🎙️

🌿 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗧𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗼 𝘀𝗮 𝗞𝗼𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗱: 𝗠𝗴𝗮 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗯𝘂𝗼 𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗮 𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗴𝗮 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗶𝗸𝗮
🗓️ Agosto 22, 2026 [2 PM - 6 PM]
🎤Tagapagsalita: Bb. Kristelle Joyce G. Adami

ℹ️Patungkol sa Instruktor
Si 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘆𝗰𝗲 𝗚. 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗶 ay isang Ivatan mula sa Uyugan, Batanes, Planning Officer II at part-time instructor sa Batanes State College, at kasalukuyang kumukuha ng Master of Information Systems sa University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU). Nagtapos siya bilang Magna Cum Laude sa Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia Studies sa parehong unibersidad. Siya ang developer ng Chirin Ivatan, isang community-driven na digital dictionary at folklore archive para sa wikang Ivatan. Sa pamamagitan ng proyektong ito, isinusulong niya ang paggamit ng teknolohiya bilang kasangkapan sa pangangalaga ng mga katutubong wika at kultura, sa paniniwalang ang mga komunidad ang may pangunahing papel sa pagpapanatiling buhay ng kanilang wika at pamana.

Huwag palampasin ang ating serye ng educational discussions! Sumali at pagyamanin ang inyong kaalaman sa Katutubong Wika!

📌𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺
https://forms.gle/szN7h1weZEmMGD2b6

📌𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺
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𝗖𝗼-𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆:
UPOU Writers' Club
Antipolo Deaf Community

𝗜𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵:
Union for the Protection of Animal Welfare at the Open University
UP Musikats

𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼:
UPOU University Student Council
Digital Democrats
Kathaang Ugnayan ng Likhain, Talastasan, Obra't Ulat
Faculty of Education Student Alliance



✍️: Jemalyn Avecilla
🎨: Jemalyn Avecilla

08/08/2026

🌿 Another month, another milestone in our shared journey.

Congratulations to our JULY Top Stewards and our leading municipalities. Thank you to every contributor who continues to share your knowledge, time, and heart with our community.

MASYASIDUNG TA JA! 💚

30/06/2026

🌿 TODAY marks the beginning of a new tradition.

Welcome to the first "HALL OF STEWARDS" of Chirin Ivatan.

Each month, let us recognize the individuals and municipalities whose submissions have helped build Chirin Ivatan. This inaugural Hall of Stewards honors those who believed and contributed in the project from its very beginning.

Congratulations to this month's Top Stewards and our leading municipalities, and thank you to every contributor who has helped us take this first step.

MASYASIDUNG TA JA! 💚

30/06/2026

"Did you know that the Ivatan language is so distinct that it has its own category when it comes to the classification of Philippine languages?... Ivatan’s morphological system has been described by linguists as one with a staggering complexity--a further proof of its richness." ✨

28/06/2026

machangay kamu na 🥰

For generations, the Ivatan language has lived in conversations at home, stories shared by elders, songs passed from one generation to the next, and memories carried across families in Batanes. Now, it has found a permanent home online.

A new community-powered platform, Chirin Ivatan, has officially launched, creating what its developer describes as a living digital dictionary and folklore archive dedicated to preserving the Ivatan language and cultural heritage.

Developed independently by Kristelle Joyce Adami, an Ivatan and Master of Information Systems student at UP Open University, the project began as her capstone project before growing into a community initiative.

“I developed it independently as a capstone project for my Master of Information Systems in UP Open University. While it was supposed to be just a capstone project, the Ivatan community was supportive of it so I decided to deploy it live. I myself am part of the indigenous community of the Ivatans,” Adami told radar.ph.

Named after the Ivatan words “Chirin” (language) and “nu Ivatan” (of the Ivatans), the platform is more than an online dictionary. It also serves as a digital archive for folklore, oral histories, traditional laji, proverbs, pronunciations, and other forms of Indigenous knowledge that are at risk of disappearing with each passing generation.

More than a traditional dictionary, the platform embraces the Filipino spirit of bayanihan through the Ivatan concept of Yaru, a long-standing tradition of communal cooperation and helping one another. Instead of relying solely on linguists or researchers, Chirin Ivatan invites elders, teachers, parents, students, and ordinary community members to collectively build the archive by contributing words, stories, songs, and cultural knowledge.

“Today, our language finally has a home online,” Adami wrote in announcing the launch. “After years of dreaming and putting in the work, I am humbled to share CHIRIN IVATAN—a community-stewarded digital dictionary and folklore archive created to help preserve, document, and celebrate Ivatan language and cultural heritage.”

In an exclusive interview with radar.ph, Adami shared that the philosophy behind the project was deeply influenced by her own family.

“My direct grandmother, Elena Gabilo, and my late grandfather, Jose Gabilo, own the famous Honesty Coffee Shop in Batanes—a small store that operates without a cashier, relying instead on the honesty of every customer. It has become a symbol of trust, demonstrating that something meaningful can thrive when a community willingly upholds shared values,” she said.

She believes the same principle is what will allow Chirin Ivatan to flourish.

“While the Honesty Coffee Shop depends on the honesty of its customers, Chirin Ivatan depends on the Ivatan spirit of Yaru—our tradition of helping one another—for it to grow. The platform itself is only the foundation. Its future depends on Ivatans choosing to share their words, stories, songs, and cultural knowledge so that our language continues to live for future generations.”

Adami added that growing up around one of Batanes’ most iconic community initiatives may have shaped her own desire to build another.

“Perhaps it is no coincidence that I grew up surrounded by one community initiative built on trust and later found myself creating another built on cooperation.”

Although the platform currently focuses on the Ivatan language, Adami hopes its impact will eventually extend across the Philippines. She plans to make the system’s source code available to other Indigenous communities so they can build similar digital archives for their own endangered languages.

With more than 180 living languages spoken across the Philippines—many of them facing declining numbers of fluent speakers—community-driven initiatives like Chirin Ivatan could become an important model for preserving the country’s rich linguistic and cultural diversity in the digital age.

The Digital Yaru is now open to contributors at https://f.mtr.cool/dfckabuizo

27/06/2026

Muyveh ava yanan pa games am du Plaza, aytu din dya 😅

Prize? nakapay ambag kad ka preserve su chirin ta 🥰🥰🥰

www.chirinivatan.com/leaderboards

20/06/2026

MACHANGAY KAMU NA! 🌿

Joining is simple. Submit your application, activate your account, and start sharing your first Ivatan word, story, or piece of cultural knowledge.

Go to www.chirinivatan.com/roles

18/06/2026

Today, our language finally has a home online.

After years of dreaming and putting in the work, I am humbled to share CHIRIN IVATAN—a community-stewarded digital dictionary and folklore archive created to help preserve, document, and celebrate Ivatan language and cultural heritage.

This is only the beginning.

Like any YARU, it will be built one contribution at a time. Every word, pronunciation, story, laji, proverb, and piece of cultural knowledge shared by the community helps shape this living archive for future generations.

Whether you're an elder, a parent, a teacher, a student, or someone who simply remembers a word your grandparents used or a story passed down through your family, your contribution matters.

🌿 Join the Digital Yaru.
🌐 www.chirinivatan.com

03/06/2026

Not all treasures are made of gold. 💰
Some are made of words, stories, and memory. 🫀
Coming soon.✨