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 ...

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 ...

Miss Universe Philippines (MUPH) is encouraging candidates to use their respective native languages other than the universal language of English as they compete in the pageant in 2024. On Wednesday, ...

“Isolated” star Joel Torre dreams of a film where characters speak in different Filipino dialects and languages as an authentic reflection of the country’s cultural diversity. “I hope we come up with ...

I grew up in an English-speaking household. Although I was and still am fluent in Filipino, my expertise lies in our colonizer’s language. My family often visits our extended family in Baguio. We ...

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