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AnnotatedBibliographyonHiligaynon

Alcantara, R. G. (1997). Diksiyonaryong Hiligaynon Filipino. Quezon City: UP Diliman Office of

Research Coordination. The first attempt to create a Hiligaynon-Filipino dictionary. Contains 10,000
entriesrangingfromnouns,verbs,adjectives,adverbs,determiners,conjunctions,andpointers.

Diaz, M. (1972).Tagalog-HiligaynonCognateWordswithIdenticalMeanings.Manila:Instituteof
NationalLanguage.
A book that isentirelymadeupofTagalog-Hiligaynoncognateswithsimilarmeanings.Eachentryhas
acorrespondingEnglishgloss.

McFarland, C. D. (1980). The Philippine Microgroups. In A Linguistic AtlasofthePhilippines(pp.

92-93). Tokyo: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies InstitutefortheStudyofLanguagesandCultureof
Asia and Africa. Page 92 of the book includes the census data of the Hiligaynon language. Itisstated
here that according to the 1975 census, Hiligaynon is the fourth largest Philippine language, with
4,204, 825 speakers. With Hiligaynon as the dominant language in Capiz, Ilo-Ilo and Guimarasisland,
and the majority language in Negros Occidental, It also states 20 more provinces where it is a
minority. With 5 provinces having it as a largeminorityand15provinceshavingitasasmallminority.
Page93isamapwhichillustrateswhichpartsofthePhilippinesusesHiligaynon.

Militar, E. M. (1970). Hambingang pag-aaral ng mga panlapi sa Tagalog at Hiligaynon.Manila:

Surian ng Wikang Pambansa. A compilation on comparingaffixesbetweenTagalogandHiligaynon.It
is divided into two parts; The first part presents affixesusedinformingnouns,whilethesecondpart
presentsaffixesusedinformingverbs.

Motus,C.L.(1971).HiligaynonDictionary.Honolulu:UniversityofHawaiiPress.
A dictionary that is more phonetic than Hiligaynon orthography and is composed of 3500Hiligaynon
roots, affixes, and formatives. Verbal, noun, adjective, andnumeralformativeaffixesareincludedbut
notallaffixesweregiven.ThedictionaryalsoincludesabriefsketchofHiligaynongrammar.

Motus,C.(1971).Hiligaynonlessons.Honolulu:UniversityofHawaiiPress.
A handbook made for Peace Corp volunteers which contains fifty-four lessons. Each lesson has a
vocabulary list, description and explanation of grammatical points, sample dialogues, exercises, and
culturalnotes.Thebookalsoincludesaglossaryandachapterofcommonandusefulexpressions.

Wolfender, E.(1971).HiligaynonReferenceGrammar.Honolulu:UniversityofHawaiiPress.The
book presents an outline form and description of the grammatical structure of the Hiligaynon
language. Every grammar construction is illustrated by a corresponding example. The grammar
sketch used in the book is based on the speech used in Ilo-Ilo city on the Island of Panay and the
authorhighlysuggeststheuseofMotusHiligaynonDictionaryforbetterefficiency.