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Multidisciplinary team from DLSU develops Hanunuo e-dictionary app
Multidisciplinary team from DLSU develops Hanunuo e-dictionary app

The collaboration of different faculty members and students of De La Salle University (DLSU) has…

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How ready is DepEd to introduce foreign language classes?

Following last week’s tirade of the non-mandatory inclusion of Filipino subjects in the university level,…

Filipino Sign Language Act is now a law. Here’s what we should expect

Almost three months after the Senate passed the Filipino Sign Language (FSL) Bill in a…

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Writing a nation: Should we start using Baybayin again?

Last April, the House Committee on Basic Education and Culture approved a proposal to make…

Add some calamansi to your bihon at the panciteria: new Filipino words in the Oxford English Dictionary

Language is an ever-evolving thing. That’s why dictionaries are always adding new words to keep…

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Bilingual author Yoko Tawada shares her experience writing in two languages

There is a symbiotic relationship that exists between language, culture, and history— each with their…

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World’s oldest Spanish-Chinese dictionary found in UST

The thick medallion-colored book was sitting on the bookshelf of the University of Santo Tomas’…

Why is it important to study Filipino even in college?

The Commission on Higher Education has just decided to retain Filipino subjects in the newly…

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The way you think is shaped by the languages you know

George Orwell’s dystopian classic 1984 tackles power, autocracy, and the use of language to manipulate…