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The Bucket List « Raчraч Ŋuɲan's Weblog — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:23:49 +0000

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New Bikol Orthography – Part 1 « Raчraч Ŋuɲan's (Rara Nguñan) Weblog — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:02:31 +0000

[...] Bikol macrolanguage, not the dialects and individual member languages, which was discussed here. Part 3 will discuss handling loan words or borrowed words from any language. This part is very important [...]

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Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:08:47 +0000

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Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:55:46 +0000

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Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:01:16 +0000

[...] September 2009 When I did a preliminary comparison of my translation with others, I discovered two sites that have the original Classical Chinese plus their literal [...]

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Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:48:01 +0000

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Comment on Bikol and Tagalog as Tenseless Languages, Part 1 by vagabonddrifter

vagabonddrifter — Tue, 26 May 2009 08:38:15 +0000

Hi Steve.

I can understand why you’ve been confused since I haven’t posted yet what I think are the more apt descriptions of Tagalog and Bikol. I’ve prepared a draft already but I’ve been busy lately to review and make sure its not hastily done.

Well, I am actually not intending to teach Tagalog. Its not a language I am very fond of as it is eclipsed by Bikol in richness, and I normally go for languages that are more complex. Right now, I am very interested in Bikol, Itbayaten, Amis, Tongan, and Javanese among the Austronesian languages.

I just put Tagalog there so people who speak, undestand or study it would have an idea of how Bikol contrasts with it, though of course I want to be as accurate as possible in describing both. My aim is to create a conlang, and having an accurate description of Bikol grammar is just a preparation for my conlang. This conlang is mainly a mix of Austronesian, Salishan and Australian language characteristics.

Sorry to disappoint you if your looking for Tagalog materials. But you can check out my blog later if I’ve posted any grammar descriptions relating to Tagalog. Or since you’ve mentioned voice/focus, which I suppose is the more complex part of Philippine-type languages’ syntax like Tagalog, I will post something but I am not in a hurry to do so as my work and other hobbies eat a large part of my time. I’ve seen quite a few websites with good Tagalog materials, so maybe you can check those out. If you have any queries about Tagalog grammar, usage, etc, post it anywhere in my blog (preferrably the most relevant post/page) and I will endeavor to help you by posting the relevant topic. Dios mabalos asin magayagaya na pag-aadal!

Comment on Bikol and Tagalog as Tenseless Languages, Part 1 by Steve

Steve — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:35:20 +0000

this is all so confusing and will lose anyone trying to learn the language(tagalog) so I believe it is better to just teach it as it is spoken on the streets,instead of all this history(which becomes quickly distracting to the learner).
Put up a web site,(similar to that of Kalyespeak and add voice(and explanations) (as to how, when, and why, each word is used) Keeping it simple so as to not lose the subject .

Comment on Differences between Bikol and Tagalog by vagabonddrifter

vagabonddrifter — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:16:53 +0000

Thanks for the comment. I speak both Tagalog and Bikol, but not any Bisayan language, although I’d like to, very much. Maybe I need to purchase a grammar book for Sugbuhanon, Hiligaynon, Waray or Kiniray-a but its hard to find one and those few explanations that I’ve come accross are not clear enough and sometimes confusing. Whenever I asked a native speaker, they couldn’t explain to me satisfactorily.

For the proposed orthography, yes, its possible and its actually a good objective to use a common orthography for all Philippine languages. Unfortunately, I am not a member of KWP although I am here to show my ideas. They can swipe my ideas if they find it meritorious, since anyway, its out here in the public.

Also, please don’t call them ‘dialects’. They’re actually languages and the word ‘dialect’ is a pejorative term if applied to any language.

Nothing amateurish with your question. Shoshin (one of my blogs), remember?