Works about the Filipino languages and culture.

Here you will find some useful information on Philippine linguistics and languages, especially on Filipino and Cebuano. This is also a venue for information exchange among researchers, translators and students of these languages.

National or official languages: Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino), English. 72,944,000 (1998 UN). Literacy rate 88% to 89%. The number of languages listed for Philippines is 172. Of those, 169 are living languages and 3 are extinct.

Interactive English - Filipino languages dictionaries. A great resource from bansa.org.

This is a site about the scripts of the world, and the languages they are used to write. The site provides information about the scripts and languages with links to other sites with in-depth descriptions of each. A few Filipino languages are included.

Philippine language family tree with links to various language descriptions.

Interactive on-line Philippine language dictionary, including entries in English, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, and Tagalog.

Christopher Sundita's blog dedicated to the languages and the language situation of the Republic of the Philippines.

There are specific practical reasons for learning the Spanish language. Various estimates put the number of Filipinos in Spain at anywhere from 55,000 to 200,000 Filipinos with thousands more in the countries of Latin South America. The Filipinos in this Hispanic areas by necessity have to learn how to communicate in Spanish.

Language learning courses including Cebuano courses, language learning materials including Cebuano learning modules and phrasebooks, dictionaries, and academic papers.