SIL Philippines

A Masbatenyo-English Dictionary

Elmer P. Wolfenden. 2001, xi, 736 pp.

Masbatenyo is a Visayan language spoken by more that 600,000 speakers, primarily in the province of Masbate. This Dictionary was compiled with the help of Miriam V. Barlet and Felixberto V. Granado, Jr., speakers of the language. It contains approximately 5,000 main entries, 4,000 sub-entries and 1,000 minor entries plus a phonological description of the sound system of the language, a description of the grammatical structure and an English-Masbatenyo index of the entries.

Dr. Elmer Wolfenden speaking. Also shown, Mr. Gary Persons of SIL

March 20, 2002 Masbate Schools Division Superintendent Isagani A. Delavin accepted the first copy of the Masbatenyo Dictionary on behalf of the more than 600,000 people of Masbate province in the Central Philippines. With the assistance of Miriam V. Barlet, Felixberto V. Granado Jr., and many others, Dr. Elmer Wolfenden of SIL compiled this 6,000 entry, 736-page volume over a period of 30 years. It was compiled from texts gathered during Dr. Wolfenden's language research and was checked by mother tongue speakers. As well as the main body of the dictionary, it includes phonological and grammatical sketches of the language and an English index.

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