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A jeepney ( Tagalog: [ˈdʒipnɪ] ), or simply a jeep ( Tagalog: [ˈdʒip] ), is a type of public utility vehicle (PUV) that serves as the most popular means of public transportation in the Philippines. [ 1] It is known for its crowded seating and kitsch decorations, which have become a widespread symbol of Philippine culture and art. [ 2]
The Tagalog Wikipedia was launched on 1 December 2003, [citation needed] as the first Wikipedia in a language of the Philippines . As of 3 February 2011, it has more than 50,000 articles. [ 2] Bantayan, Cebu became the 10,000th article on 20 October 2007, while Pasko sa Pilipinas ( Christmas in the Philippines) became the 15,000th article on 24 ...
971-8781-98-6. OCLC. 50116683. LC Class. PL6057 .U63. The UP Diksiyonaryong Filipino ( UPDF; "UP Filipino Dictionary") is a series of monolingual Filipino dictionaries. The dictionaries were created by the Sentro ng Wikang Filipino of the University of the Philippines, with Virgilio S. Almario, National Artist for Literature and a professor at ...
Closeout (sale) A closeout or clearance sale ( closing down sale in the United Kingdom [1]) is a discount sale of inventory either by retail or wholesale. It may be that a product is not selling well, or that the retailer is closing because of relocation, a fire (a fire sale ), over-ordering, or especially because of bankruptcy. [2]
Bahay kubo with walls made of thatch. The bahay kubo, kubo, or payag (in the Visayan languages) is a type of stilt house indigenous to the Philippines. [ 1][ 2] It often serves as an icon of Philippine culture. [ 3] The house is exclusive to the lowland population of unified Spanish conquered territories.
Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (transl. Vocabulary of the Tagalog language) was the first dictionary of the Tagalog language in the Philippines, It was written by the Franciscan friar Pedro de San Buena Ventura and published in Pila, Laguna, in 1613. [1] Juan de Plasencia had written a vocabulario earlier but it was not printed. [2]
A Tagalog speaker, recorded in South Africa.. Tagalog (/ t ə ˈ ɡ ɑː l ɒ ɡ /, tə-GAH-log; [3] [tɐˈɣaː.loɡ]; Baybayin: ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority.
As a historical colony of the United States, the Philippine English lexicon shares most of its vocabulary from American English, but also has loanwords from native languages and Spanish, as well as some usages, coinages, and slang peculiar to the Philippines. Some Philippine English usages are borrowed from or shared with British English or ...