A Cultural Dictionary of Meranao

Sittie Noffaisah  B. Pasandalan,

A Cultural Dictionary of Meranao

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.