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During a three-decade academic career at the University of the Philippines, he wrote a seminal survey of Philippine folk epics, and was responsible for discovering and publishing folk epics from the Manuvu, Matigsalug, and Ilianon peoples. [1] He is sometimes referred to as the "Dean of Filipino Anthropology" and "Father of Philippine Folklore."
Manuel Bernabé y Hernández (February 27, 1890 – November 29, 1960) was a Filipino journalist, politician, linguist, and poet in Spanish and Latin languages. He was given the title "King of Balagtasan" in Spanish.
Authors are still producing original books in Latin today. This page lists contemporary or recent books (from the 21st, 20th and 19th centuries) originally written in Latin . These books are not called "new" because the term Neo-Latin or New Latin refers to books written as early as the 1500s, which is "newer" than Classical Antiquity or the ...
Latin was one of the things which were taught by the Jesuits. [17] [18] A school was established by them for this purpose. [19] [20] A diplomatic delegation found a local who composed a letter in fluent Latin. [21] [22] Latin is a rare language in Asia, including Taiwan. There are fewer than five universities offering Latin curriculum.
Humanities Section - books on world literature and philosophy. [19] Languages Section - books on languages, linguistics, and speech communication. [19] Filipiniana Section - books on economics, history, arts, culture, literature, etc. that was published in the Philippines. [19] Civil Law Section - books on laws and jurisprudence. [19]
The Chinese language version of the Doctrina Christiana (Christian Doctrine) was the first book printed in the Philippines in about 1590 to 1592. A version in Spanish, and in Tagalog, in both Latin script and the commonly used Baybayin script of the Manila Tagalogs of the time was printed in 1593. [6]
Sweltering heat in the Philippines can curb farm production, disrupt water and power and weigh on businesses, but it also takes a toll on students, hampering the Southeast Asian nation's efforts ...
The Latin name means literally "more human literature" and was in contrast to the other main field of study when the university began, i.e. res divinae (or literae divinae, lit. div.), also known as theology. Lit. hum., is concerned with human learning, and lit. div. with learning treating of God. In its early days, it encompassed mathematics ...