Norberto Romuáldez

Norberto Lopez Romualdez
Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court
In office November 1, 1921 – April 1, 1932
Appointed by	Warren Harding
Preceded by	Manuel Araullo
Succeeded by	José Abad Santos
Personal details
Born	June 6, 1875(1875-06-06) Burauen, Leyte
Died	November 4, 1941(1941-11-04) (aged 66) Palapag, Samar
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Norberto Romuáldez y López (June 6, 1875 - November 4, 1941) (often referred to as Norberto Romuáldez, Sr. to distinguish him from his son with the same name) was a Philippine writer, politician, jurist, and statesman. He was the first Lopez-Romuáldez to attain national prominence, and is deemed the "Father of the Law on the National Language".^[1] He was the eldest son of Doña Trinidad Lopez- Romualdez, the Romualdez grand matriarch, and uncle of Imelda Romualdez Marcos, the daughter of his youngest brother Vicente Orestes Lopez Romualdez.

Born to the prominent Lopez clan of Leyete (originally from Granada in the Andalusian region of Spain), he is the grand son of Spanish friar and silversmith Don Francisco Lopez. Romuáldez grew up in Leyte, where the Lopez family owned vast coconut and abaca plantations, and first achieved status as a writer in the Waray-Waray language. His first Waray zarzuela was An Pagtabang ni San Miguel (The Aid of Saint Michael).

In 1908, Romuáldez wrote Bisayan Grammar and Notes on Bisayan Rhetoric and Poetic and Filipino Dialectology, a treatise on the grammar of the Waray-Waray language. The following year (1909) he founded the Sanghiran san Binisaya ha Samar ug Leyte (Academy of the Visayan Language of Samar and Leyte) for the purpose of promoting and intellectualizing Waray-Waray. Romuáldez was also fluent in other languages like Spanish, English, and Cebuano.

Romuáldez served as an Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court during the American Period. He was also a participant in the 1934-1935 Constitutional Convention which resulted in the 1935 Constitution for the Philippine Commonwealth.

Romuáldez died in 1941 after an undisclosed illness.

Writings

Linguistics

• Bisayan Grammar

Drama

• An Pagtabang ni San Miguel (The Aid of Saint Michael)
• An Anak han Manaranggot (The Tuba Gatherer's Child)

References

1. ^ Wika wiki / BNW2007 poster

See also

• Lope K. Santos

Preceded by Manuel Araullo

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines 1921–1932

Succeeded by José Abad Santos

Persondata
Name	Romualdez, Norberto
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	June 6, 1875
Place of birth	Burauen, Leyte
Date of death	November 4, 1941
Place of death	Palapag, Samar