Claims that the term “Filipino” is not a language and solely refers to the identity and/or nationality of citizens of the Republic of the Philippines are false. One user wrote in a now-deleted comment ...

Last month, a group of educators, scholars and other prominent individuals filed a petition in the Supreme Court questioning the policies of the government which mandate the use of English as medium ...

LAST year, around New Year’s Day, I drew up a language and linguistics agenda for the Philippines for 2025. I thought of ...

WITH close to 200 languages spoken all over the country (based on many different counts), the Philippines has such a large number of languages that the number of Filipino linguists documenting these ...

The catchphrase “Ato ini, kadyawon ta!” can be seen on tricycles in Butuan. It means “This is ours, let’s take care of it!” and is distinctly Butuanon. Butuan, a city in the northeastern Philippines, ...

In our pursuit to develop and promote the use of a ‘national language,’ we should ask ourselves if we are simply trying hard to create a forced Filipino identity by speaking a forged language In ...

Leading the efforts to support and increase the reach of communication globally and locally, Microsoft Translator announces the addition of Filipino together with five other Austronesian languages, ...

Last month, a group of educators, scholars and other prominent individuals filed a petition in the Supreme Court questioning the policies of the government which mandate the use of English as medium ...