We are opening a NEW Philippine Language Forum.
We will focus on Waray, Cebuano, and Tagalog.
You are invited to take a look, and if interested please join and contribute:
The forum will open in a new window in a different domain (this domain does not support forums). The Philippine Language Forum
Note: This website will remain, but I will be focusing most of my attention to the NEW website.
Visit Bob Martin's (MindanaoBob) Web Magazine for an informative look at life in the Philippines. Visit the Philippine Building Forum to get answers for all your building questions
We are accepting advertising spots on this website.
We have some exciting news!
I have found an excellent language learning tool called
jMemorize 1.3.0.
Soon you will be able to download vocabulary lists from each Waray lesson
to use with jMemorize.
We also plan to make available the complete Lesson plan with answers, so that you will know that you are answering the
questions correctly.
Please note that jMemorize requires that you have at least Java 1.5
installed on your computer, as this is a Java application.
Here is Lesson 1 vocabulary list to download to work with jMemorize
You can find more vocabulary lists HERE
If you have any questions, or need help, feel free to email me at: barugoboy@fastmail.fm
This is the full US Government produced Headstart Tagalog course. Download the PDF book and all 13 Audio tapes in MP3 format
If you bought this course you would pay anywhere from $75 to $100
I have updated the PDF lesson book with a better copy, if you downloaded the old book, it has errors.
Please download the newer book, "Headstart for the Philippines", it is better and complete. Download all files HERE.
NEW Added 23 October 2008
As a service to our readers, I have provided all the below publications in one convenient location for download.
The quality may be a bit low, but all are readable, and very informative for helping you learn the desired language. Download all these publications HERE.
[PeaceCorps] Cebuano Language Packet.pdf
[PeaceCorps] Ilokano Language Packet.pdf
[PeaceCorps] Ilonggo Language Packet.pdf
[PeaceCorps] Tagalog Correspondence Course.pdf
[PeaceCorps] Tagalog Language Packet.pdf
[PeaceCorps] Tagalog with Humor.pdf
[Tagalog] Tagalog Grammar in a Nutshell.pdf
Cebuano Study Notes.pdf
Ph_linguistic_V2_1.pdf
Ph_linguistic_V2_1.pdf
[Tagalog] English-Tagalog Dictionary 1904.pdf
[Tagalog] Handbook Grammar of Tagalog Language 1905.pdf
Learn to speak Tagalog
Download Podcasts of general Tagalog phrases.
This site looks very interesting Viloria.com Pinoy Podcas
Foreign Service Institute
Although no Tagalog, this site has MANY FREE Foreign Service Institute
language courses. These courses were developed by the US Government
and are in the public domain. A great site for serious learning of MANY languages.
Download the audio and text for each language course
There is also a forum to discuss various language topics.
Overall this is an excellent resource for FREE language courses. FSI Language Courses
English to Tagalog
What appears to be a commercial translating service.
Has many interesting links, also an offer of a free E-zine about Tagalog.
Posted as information only. I have not tried any of their services. English to Tagalog
NEWSGROUPS
For those with access to the NEWSGROUPS, many good language
programs and learning aids are posted frequently on:
alt.binaries.world-languages
Websites Worth a Visit
Added 7 August 2009
So You Want to Learn a Language
A compilation of many Language links.
This website contains over 2,000 links for language e-book courses and
grammars and vocabularies for 383 languages, with more being added regularly
It is definitely worth a visit for ALL the information provided in ONE PLACE. So You Want to Learn a Language
Philippine Linguists
A compilation of many Philippine Language links.
An excellent starting point in researching various dialects of the Philippines. Philippine Linguists
Online Maranao Dictionary
This online dictionary has more than 19 thousand entries.
You can search either English or Maranao word, and in few seconds, the result will be displayed. Online Maranao Dictionary
Want to find language friends from all over the world?
Head on over to italki.com which is a language learning community.
It's main goal is to help people learn languages.
Sign up for FREE, and begin making friends worldwide. italki.com
The good people at Bansa.Org have a very good program available for download
that will tanslate words from many of the dialects in the Philippines.
I highly recommend this for anyone wishing to have a translator on their computer.
Please visit Bansa.Org here for the 13.4Meg file: Bansa.Org download webpage
Another very good program to have is Tagalog Translator developed by Stefan van Roosmalen.
This program is offered as freeware, and has over 5300 tagalog words in its dictionary.
You can search the dictionary by the English or Tagalog word.
This is a must have program for anyone wanting to learn Tagalog
Please visit Stefan's website for the download: Tagalog Translator download webpage
For those wishing to learn Cebuano, the US Peace Corps has a 319 page PDF document
that will quickly have you speaking/understanding Cebuano.
You can download the document here: US Peace Corp Study Packet
Another very well prepared study guide for those wishing to learn Cebuano,
has been prepared by Tom Marking. It is a 250 page, PDF document, that is of very high quality.
Tom also has many links to various resources for learning Cebuano. Worth a visit.
You can download the free guide at Tom's website: Tom's Cebuano Study Notes
If you know of any websites or resources that you would like to see listed here
please email me: Barugoboy@fastmail.fm
