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A Cultural Dictionary of Meranao

Sittie Noffaisah B. Pasandalan

Discipline: Literature, Languages, Culture, Art

 

Abstract:

This study collected 2,000 lexical items which served as entries of a Meranao cultural dictionary that has the following objectives: (1) to present culture-related Meranao words; (2) to give the Filipino and English translations of the Meranao words; (3) to define and/or explain the items in English; (4) to provide a grammatical sketch of the Meranao language; and, (5) to present a pronunciation guide of the Meranao language.