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WATCH: Syrian vlogger asks Toni Gonzaga to translate Filipino words

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 30 02:52 PM

"Did I pass?"  Read more »

Every day gift ideas for the haligi ng tahanan

Cecon
Posted at Jul 16 08:24 AM

Father's Day may be over but that does not mean you have to stop giving back to the super dads who have protected and provided for the family. One way to do so is through the sixth language of love or showing gestures of protection.   Read more »

Gloves na kayang mag-convert ng PH sign language sa boses, binuo ng ilang estudyante

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 02 11:12 PM

NABUA, Camarines Sur—Hinangaan ng libo-libong netizens ang prototype ng undergraduate thesis project ng 5 electrical engineering student ng Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges (CSPC) dahil sa kakayahan nitong makapag-convert sa boses ng Filipino sign language. Read more »

Twitter allows Arabic users to be addressed in the feminine

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 17 08:38 AM

Twitter on Wednesday unveiled a new version that allows Arabic language users to be addressed as female rather than male, in efforts to use "inclusive language" on the platform, popular in the Arab world.   Read more »

How to speak like Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles or Prince William

Tracey Furniss, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 17 01:30 PM

These are the strict verbal dos and don’ts that Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton will have had to pick up before entering the British royal family. The lid was lifted on the secret royal code in Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour, a book by social anthropologist Kate Fox. Read more »

Kauna-unahang librong naisalin sa Filipino mula sa Hebrew language, inilunsad

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 26 08:14 PM

Pinangunahan ng Embassy of Israel sa bansa ang paglulunsad ng kauna-unahang librong naisalin sa Filipino language mula sa Hebrew. Read more »

House OKs on second reading bill seeking translations for disaster announcements

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 16 09:51 PM

MANILA - The House of Representatives has approved House Bill 8943 or the “Language Accessibility of Public Information on Disaster Act,” on second reading.  Read more »

Who’s your guess? Disney teases first Filipino-language song performed by this singer

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 01 10:43 PM

Disney is set to unveil the local singer behind its first Filipino-language song, leading up to the release of its Southeast Asia-inspired animated film “Raya and the Last Dragon.” Read more »

Half of women put off by macho language in job adverts

Emma Batha, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jan 13 09:40 AM

Biased language in some job adverts in Britain deters as many as one in two women from applying, a study said on Wednesday, amid a push to attract more women to male-dominated sectors. Read more »

PH drops 7 spots in English proficiency index

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 03:24 PM

The Philippines’ English proficiency remained “high” even as it posted a lower ranking on a global index testing such skill. Read more »

Decade-long Oracle-Google copyright case heads to top US court

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 06 12:32 PM

A decade-old legal battle between Silicon Valley giants Oracle and Google over software rights moves to the Supreme Court Wednesday, in a case with enormous implications for copyright in the digital era. Read more »

Viral 4-year-old sign language tutor greets everyone on International Day of Sign Languages

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 24 07:19 PM

Four-year-old Prince Joben Sumili celebrated the International Day of Sign Languages through a video message uploaded by her mother, Joy Sumili. Read more »

WATCH: In viral video, 4-year-old teaches alphabet, counting in sign language

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 12:15 PM

Four year old, Prince Joben Sumili made a vlog teaching the sign language of the alphabet and counting from 1 to 20 in a video uploaded by her mother on Facebook. Read more »

Susi ba ang paggamit ng 'x' para maging gender sensitive, neutral ang wikang Filipino?

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 10 08:11 PM

Kinakailangan ng pananaliksik hinggil sa pagiging gender-sensitive ng wikang Filipino, ayon sa dating direktor ng Sentro ng Wikang Filipino ng University of the Philippines na si Galileo Zafra, matapos umusbong ang mga salitang Filipinx, Pinxy at iba pa sa mga diksunaryo. Read more »

The new word for ‘Filipino’ has just been included in a dictionary—and many are not happy

RHIA D. GRANA
Updated as of Sep 08 06:58 AM

How did this word come about? Here’s a little back story Read more »

Mga salitang 'Filipinx,' 'Pinxy' kinilala ng online dictionary

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 06 06:20 PM

Opisyal na kinilala kamakailan ng isang online dictionary ang "Filipinx" at "Pinxy," na ginagamit pantawag sa mga ipinanganak sa Pilipinas, ano man ang kasarian. Read more »

Curbs on Mongolian language teaching prompt large protests in China

Amy Qin, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 01 01:54 AM

Thousands of ethnic Mongolians in northern China have gathered outside schools to protest a new policy that would reduce the teaching of their language in favor of Chinese, according to rights groups, a rare display of mass discontent in the border region.   Read more »

Marking PH ‘Buwan ng Wika,' Swiss Embassy features Filipino-speaking writer

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 02:44 PM

The Embassy of Switzerland in the Philippines joined its host country in celebrating “Buwan ng Wika” by featuring a Swiss who is fluent in the language. Read more »

TikTok pulls 380,000 videos in US for hate content

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 21 09:10 AM

TikTok on Thursday said it has removed more than 380,000 videos in the US this year as part of a part of a mission to "eliminate hate" on the platform. Read more »

Korean Cultural Center offers free online language classes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 11:39 AM

The Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines said Wednesday it was offering free online Korean language classes.  Read more »