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The Filipino State (Another way of looking at Philippine history): Parts 1-2

April 18, 2008 By 1 Comment

Part 1: What is a ‘state’?
Part 2: When was the origin, or birth of the Filipino state?
Part 3: What was the status of the Filipino state in 1571?
Part 4: The integration of …

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Rizal: A Man for All Times

April 18, 2008 By

Editor’s Notes: The following article was a speech delivered by Sir Allan Terrett, KR.

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Rizal was truly an amazing man. Professor Blumentritt had said that a man of his stature only appears in the history …

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The Making of a National Language

April 18, 2008 By

Editor’s Notes: The following article is written by Renato Perdon.

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A clear proof the cultural diversity of the Filipinos is the number of languages and dialects spoken in the Philippines, from Batanes in the North …

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Salawikain (Tagalog Proverbs)

April 18, 2008 By 259 Comments

Ang salawikain ay mga kasabihan na nagmula sa mga pahayag at payo ng mga matatanda ayon sa kanilang mga karanasan sa buhay o sa isinalin sa kanila ng kanilang mga ninuno.

Ang ibang salawikain ay …

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In Defense of Chabacano

April 18, 2008 By 9 Comments

One of the objectives of the Philippine Academy of the Spanish Language is to encourage the use of Spanish in the Philippines.

The fact is that Spanish is no longer spoken in the Philippines, and …

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The vibrancy of Filipino as a language

April 18, 2008 By 5 Comments

What is Internet in Tagalog?

We mentioned to all emanila.com members and users that our online translation service is not in Tagalog but in Filipino (Pilipino).

It has now become obvious from Mr Renato Perdon’s “The Making of a National Language” why it is so. While Tagalog is the basis of the development of Pilipino (now Filipino) in the 70s, the fact still remains [...]

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