THE popular belief seems to be that there are only two languages in the Philippines (i.e., English and Filipino) and all the rest are mere dialects (e.g., Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon, and the rest, ...

SOCIOLINGUISTICS, the study of the dynamics of language and society, is among the most thriving sub-disciplines of linguistics in the country. In fact, the late Education, Culture and Sports secretary ...

The Philippines is trying to grapple with 'Jejemon', a cyber dialect now commonly being used in Internet social networks and mobile phone text messaging. About Careers Internship MedBlog Contact us ...

There are over 100 languages in the Philippines, but the most widely spoken ones include Tagalog, Ilocano, and Bisaya. When you learn the language, or at least some of the language, Filipinos will ...

ON Thursday, the Philippines will commemorate the 127th anniversary of the declaration of Philippine independence. More specifically, independence from Spain — freedom from that country's 333-year ...

In the Philippines, community works to save Butuanon language from fading into silence Butuan in the northeastern part of the country has a unique linguistic heritage, but less than 5% of the city ...