Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Claims that the term “Filipino” is not a language and solely refers to the identity and/or nationality of citizens of the Republic ...

MANILA, Philippines — A free Filipino language and culture platform has launched online as a web application to help those ...

When it came time for Dominic Lim to pick a language to study in high school, he chose French. He chose it not because he was particularly interested in the language, but because the only other option ...

The UC Berkeley Filipino language program was awarded the Kampeon ng Wika award, or language champion award, by the Philippine national Commission on the Filipino Language for its contributions in ...

Recently, Princeton announced a Haitian Creole course set to start in Fall 2025 or Spring 2026. The course came as part of a broader response to pressure from Haitian students, who rightfully viewed a ...

(First of two parts) "Orthography is essential for regional languages to transition from solely oral traditions into written, ...

Martin G. Romualdez, the speaker of the Filipino House of Representatives and a nephew of the former Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos, has committed $2 million to endow the Filipino (Tagalog) ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- San Francisco has certified Tagalog as a third language that must be used in communicating essential city services, city officials announced Wednesday. Tagalog, the official ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: Emil Guillermo is a journalist and author. He writes for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund and at www.amok.com. (CNN) – To the average American, the name Wilma Lamug ...