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Learning Cebuano with Chris - Resources


Each time I come across a new resource I will add it here. If you can think of anything useful links, books, apps etc. feel free to share them!


BOOKS - GENERAL LANGUAGE LEARNING

The Polyglot Project - Free 500 page e-book full of anecdotes for language learners.


BOOKS - CEBUANO LANGUAGE GRAMMAR AND STUDY

A Description of Cebuano Visayan: Texts, Analysis and Vocabulary - 1961, 519 page academic text book on Cebuano Grammar in 4 parts.
A Description of Cebuano Visayan: Texts, Analysis and Vocabulary - 1961, 519 page academic text book on Cebuano Grammar in 4 parts.
Beginning Cebuano Part 1 - 1966 , 709page text book by John U. Wolff
Beginning Cebuano Part 2 - 1968, 521 page book by John U. Wolff
Cebuano for Beginners - Pali Language Texts - 743 page grammar text developed for the Peace Corps and published in 1971.
Cebuano for the Peace Corp Volunteers - 224 page photocopied document created in 1967 for the Peace Corps by Betty Baura
Cebuano Grammar Notes - 126 page document published in 1971 to support Cebuano for Beginners
Cebuano Language Packet - 1993, 319 page document developed in 1993 by Paz Meman for the Peace Corps
English-Cebuano Made Easy - Small academic book situational translations, questions and answers, quizzes and dialogs, short poems ; plus English-Cebuano vocabulary
English-Bisaya Grammar, in Twenty Eight Lessons by Pedro Jiménez - 1904 grammar guide.
Peace Corps Cebuano 
Cebuano Language Objectives - Mormon Missionary Training Centre - 2002, 130p study guide produced for training Mormon Missionaries
Tom Marking's Cebuano Study Notes - 250 page study guide published in 2005.


BOOKS - CULTURE

Cebuano Folktales - 1977, 98 page bilingual book of folk tales edited by Erlinda K. Alburo, with contributions by Ramon L. Cerilles, Marian P. Diosay, Lawrence M. Liao and Fred C. Dimaya
Cebuano Sorcery: Malign Magic in the Philippines - 1977, 163 page book by Richard W. Lieban
Philippines in Perspective - 102 page from 2017 book about the Philippines and its history


WEBSITES

Bohol.ph - Phrasebook.
Cebuano 101 - Lessons across a range of subjects.
Cultural Orientation - Defense Language Institute: Foreign Languages Center - e-learning resource to familiarise yourself with Cebuano region of Philippines - contains a series of brief articles, several useful phrases (with audio) and three tests.
Eric - Several academic resources
Fluent in 3 Months - Website that accompanies a book - blog contains useful articles and 'Learn in Seven Days' newsletter.
Huni Huni - Nursery rhymes and songs in Cebuano with subtitles.
The Full Wiki - Cebuano Grammar - Cebuano grammar resource taken from Wikipedia
The Full Wiki - Cebuano Language - Cebuano language overview, taken from Wikipedia
Language Survival Kit - Defense Language Institute: Foreign Languages Center - e-learning resource.
Language Links - A portal for Philippine languages.
Language Links - online course samples - Several modules from the course, and several phrasesPhilippines in Perspective - e-learning resource produced in 2017 to learn about the culture and history of the Philippines.
Online Dictionary - Dictionary app based on the 1972 dictionary by John U. Wolff.Tom and Cathy's Homepage - Website including links to books and resources, including Tom Marking's Cebuano Study Notes
YouTube - Search results tagged Cebuano Lessons.
Wikipedia - Wikipedia in Cebuano.
Universe of Memory - Excellent list of resources, inducing books, podcasts, websites etc.
WikiTravel Cebuano Phrasebook - Phrasebook.WikaPinoy - Mirror of Language Links


APPS & E-LEARNING

uTalk - App for learning vocabulary with pictures with pictures and dialogue by native speakers.
Memrise - flashcard app for learning vocab - contains many levels of user generated content.
Cudoo - single-level e-learning course comprised of  15-20 units. 


BLOGS

Cebuano 101 - Lessons on blog, migrated to cebuano101.com
Cebuano Teacher - Lessons, articles, vocabulary
The Learn Bisaya Project
Learning Visaya/Cebuano Language
Learn Bisaya Now - Vocab blog with five lessons on it.


MISCELLANEOUS

Cebuano Text-to-Speech - Programming a text-to-speech engine.
The Cock and Duck - Podcasts in Bisaya on diverse themes.
EuroTalk Cebuano - a 54-minute audio book for learning vocabulary. 2015.
Language Links - Info on Philippine Languages and Linguistics - Short, but concise selection of academic papers/resources
Language Links - Proficiency Tests - A couple of listening tests
Language Links - Some of the Cebuano Words Recorded by Pigafetta in 1521
Language Links - Loan words from English - written in 1971 by John U. Wolff
Language Links - A Chronological Inventory of Lexical Works in Cebuano: 1521 to 1990  with partial and selective annotations
Language Links - A Brief Review of Some Cebuano Dictionaries
Just4Kix - Excellent YouTube channel featuring grammar lessons for Cebuano and other Filipino languages. Includes over 150 lessons.
Superbalita Cebu - Regional newspaper in Cebuano

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