MANILA, Philippines — A comprehensive Filipino sign language handbook on health-related terms was developed by medical students from the University of the Philippines-Manila (UPM) to enhance ...

Someone who wishes to learn the sign language alphabet slips on a glove outfitted with position sensors for each finger. A computer inside the device shows each letter’s proper sign on a screen ...

Rather than literally translating English words, experts have focused on visually representing the underlying concepts for ...

IN the Philippines, August is not shrugged off like the other months of the year. August is known for being "Buwan ng Wika" ...

According to the KWF, the country has 135 spoken languages, plus the Filipino Sign Language. Efforts to suspend the use of the regional or native language as a medium of instruction stemmed from ...

Language and culture Filipino and English are the official languages of the Philippines — but the Philippines is an ethnically diverse country (and was a Spanish colony for 300 years), so more ...

We had several - like the Badlit of the Cebuanos, the Surat Mangyan," Taipan shares, adding, "The Baybayin is not an alphabet ... Taipan went back to the Philippines to study and turn Baybayin ...

The popular, brightly painted minibuses are being phased out in the Philippines, but you can still tour San Francisco's ...

According to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, in 2021, there were over fifty thousand people learning the Filipino language in schools and educational institutions in the country.

In a middle-class neighborhood, everyone spoke Tagalog. English was not a totally unfamiliar language, but nobody used it in everyday conversations in the community. My father was one of the better ...

DE La Salle University (DLSU) is making a significant investment in the future of the Filipino language, as it calls on the nation’s youth to help preserve such. Recognizing that the many ...

The number of dead and missing in massive flooding and landslides wrought by Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines has reached nearly 130 and the president said Saturday that many areas ...