Growing up, there was always a debate about whether or not Bisaya was a language or a dialect. I distinctly remember one of my grade school teachers telling me that Bisaya is a dialect when I insisted ...

On a recent weekend, a steady stream of shoppers made their way through Seafood City, Las Vegas’ biggest Filipino grocery. Cashiers greeted customers in the most common Filipino dialect, Tagalog, and ...

Editor’s Note: Emil Guillermo is a journalist and author. He writes for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund and at www.amok.com. (CNN) – To the average American, the name Wilma Lamug ...

Frankie Pangilinan on learning three Filipino languages as a kid, “I was once a Kapampangalog-speaking, Bisaya-accented child.” Frankie Pangilinan once again expressed on Twitter her struggles with ...

SOME researchers dedicate their efforts to studying the origins of languages and dialects, exploring which is softer, which is more refined, how languages formed among societies with varying ...

Take a look at some of the main Filipino language policies currently in place that aid government institutions to uphold and propagate the national language MANILA, Philippines – The 1987 Constitution ...

Filipino (formerly known as Pilipino) is based on the Tagalog dialect and is the official language of the Philippines. The English language is the second most commonly spoken language and is ...

The Philippine Book Festival is happening at the World Trade Center Manila in Pasay City from June 2 to 4, 2023. It features Filipino-written literature, not just from Luzon, but other regions as well ...

A Senate committee on Thursday suggested that geohazard maps be translated into Tagalog and other dialects so that they may be better understood by residents and local officials. During a briefing on ...