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  2. List of loanwords in Tagalog - Wikipedia

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    An example is the Tagalog word libre, which is derived from the Spanish translation of the English word free, although used in Tagalog with the meaning of "without cost or payment" or "free of charge", a usage which would be deemed incorrect in Spanish as the term gratis would be more fitting; Tagalog word libre can also mean free in aspect of ...

  3. Bible translations into the languages of the Philippines

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    Portions of the Bible were first translated by Spanish friars into the Philippine languages in the catechisms and prayer materials they produced. The Doctrina Cristiana (1593) was the first book published in the Tagalog baybayin script. Protestants published Ang Biblia (American Standard Version) in 1905 in Tagalog, based on the Spanish version ...

  4. Sa Aking Mga Kabata - Wikipedia

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    Philippines. Language. Tagalog. Subject (s) Language. " Sa Aking Mga Kabatà " (English: To My Fellow Youth) is a poem about the love of one's native language written in Tagalog. It is widely attributed to the Filipino national hero José Rizal, who supposedly wrote it in 1868 at the age of eight. [ 1] There is not enough evidence, however, to ...

  5. Cebuano language - Wikipedia

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    Cebuano (/ s ɛ ˈ b w ɑː n oʊ / se-BWAH-noh) [2] [3] [4] is an Austronesian language spoken in the southern Philippines.It is natively, though informally, called by its generic term Bisayâ or Binisayâ ([biniːsaˈjaʔ]) (both terms are translated into English as Visayan, though this should not be confused with other Bisayan languages) [a] and sometimes referred to in English sources as ...

  6. Coup d'état - Wikipedia

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    The term comes from French coup d'État, literally meaning a 'stroke of state' or 'blow of state'. [23] [24] [25] In French, the word État (French:) is capitalized when it denotes a sovereign political entity. [26] Although the concept of a coup d'état has featured in politics since antiquity, the phrase is of relatively recent coinage. [27]

  7. Swardspeak - Wikipedia

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    Swardspeak is a form of slang (and therefore highly dynamic, as opposed to colloquialisms) that is built upon preexisting languages. It deliberately transforms or creates words that resemble words from other languages, particularly English, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

  8. Magandang Balita Biblia - Wikipedia

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    At nagkaroon nga. Sapagkat gayon na lamang ang pag-ibig ng Diyos sa sangkatauhan, kaya't ibinigay niya ang kanyang kaisa-isang Anak, upang ang sinumang sumampalataya sa kanya ay hindi mapahamak, kundi magkaroon ng buhay na walang hanggan. The Magandang Balita Biblia ( lit. 'Good News Bible') is a translation of the Bible in the Tagalog language ...

  9. Ivatan language - Wikipedia

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    The Ivatan language, also known as Chirin nu Ivatan ("language of the Ivatan people "), is an Austronesian language spoken in the Batanes Islands of the Philippines . Although the islands are closer to Taiwan than to Luzon, it is not one of the Formosan languages. Ivatan is one of the Batanic languages, which are perhaps a primary branch of the ...