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  2. Tagalog language - Wikipedia

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    Other examples of Tagalog words used in English Example Definition boondocks: meaning "rural" or "back country", borrowed through American soldiers stationed in the Philippines in the Philippine–American War as a corruption of the Tagalog word bundok, which means "mountain" cogon: a type of grass, used for thatching, came from the Tagalog ...

  3. Philippine English - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Philippine English (similar and related to American English) is a variety of English native to the Philippines, including those used by the media and the vast majority of educated Filipinos and English learners in the Philippines from adjacent Asian countries.

  4. Homograph - Wikipedia

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    Homograph. A homograph (from the Greek: ὁμός, homós 'same' and γράφω, gráphō 'write') is a word that shares the same written form as another word but has a different meaning. [ 1] However, some dictionaries insist that the words must also be pronounced differently, [ 2] while the Oxford English Dictionary says that the words should ...

  5. Tagalog phonology - Wikipedia

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    In the Palatuldikan (diacritical system), it is denoted by the pakupyâ or circumflex accent when the final syllable is stressed (e.g. dugô 'blood'), and by the paiwà ( grave accent) if unstressed ( susì 'key'). When followed by /j/, it is often pronounced [ʃ], particularly by speakers in urban areas.

  6. Email - Wikipedia

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    Email is also used. EMAIL was used by CompuServe starting in April 1981, which popularized the term. [18] [19] EMail is a traditional form used in RFCs for the "Author's Address". The service is often simply referred to as mail, and a single piece of electronic mail is called a message. The conventions for fields within emails—the "To", "From ...

  7. Help:IPA/Tagalog - Wikipedia

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    Help. : IPA/Tagalog. < Help:IPA. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Tagalog in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing on the first.

  8. Ivatan language - Wikipedia

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    Ivatan and Filipino words are sometimes combined, as in the Ivatan word mapatak. It is derived from marunong (Filipino) and chapatak (Ivatan), literally 'someone who knows', which were then compounded to form the word mapatak. This is the result of the influence of non-Ivatans who tend to speak the language and were then eventually adopted.

  9. Siyokoy (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Siyokoy (linguistics) Siyokoy. (linguistics) Siyokoy is a term coined by Virgilio Almario that refers to Filipino-language hybrid words seemingly derived from both English and Spanish. [1] The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino under the administration of Almario has considered siyokoy words to be improper and therefore its use discouraged.