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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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.

  4. Languages of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Quezon himself was born and raised in Baler, Aurora, which is a native Tagalog-speaking area. In 1939, President Manuel L. Quezón renamed the Tagalog language as Wikang Pambansa ("national language" in English translation). [22] The language was further renamed in 1959 as Pilipino by Secretary of Education José E. Romero.

  5. Batangas Tagalog - Wikipedia

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    The particle eh is also spoken in other native Tagalog-speaking areas and by second-language speakers w/ the same closest English translation mentioned above w/out its variants like ala eh. Batangas dialect is known for the term laang , translated as "only" or "just", their version of lang in Manila and their own shortened version of lámang.

  6. Barangay - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The barangay[c] (/ bɑːrɑːŋˈɡaɪ /; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio, [d] is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolitan areas, the term often refers to an inner city neighborhood, a suburb, a suburban ...

  7. Municipalities of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Ever since its inception to the present day, the term "municipality" holds the same definition as "town" when the first towns grew in size under the Spanish pueblo system (pueblo meaning "town" in Spanish language) to be granted municipal charters, hence the current official term for such type of settlements. [2] [12]

  8. List of Philippine city name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Hispanicized form of bakolod, an old Hiligaynon word for "hill" in reference to the hilly area in the city that is now the barangay of Granada. Bacoor. Cavite. Hispanicized form of bacood, derived from the Tagalog word which means "fence." [1] Bago. Negros Occidental. from bago-bago, a local shrub. Baguio.

  9. Cities of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    A city (Filipino: lungsod / siyudad) is one of the units of local government in the Philippines.All Philippine cities are chartered cities (Filipino: nakakartang lungsod), whose existence as corporate and administrative entities is governed by their own specific municipal charters in addition to the Local Government Code of 1991, which specifies their administrative structure and powers.