Project Gutenberg 2012-06-24 Public domain in the USA. 5141 Wolff, John U. 73158699 A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan Jeroen Hellingman, Scott Robertson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg "A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan" by John U. Wolff is a comprehensive dictionary written in the early 1970s. This reference work focuses on the Cebuano language, one of the major languages spoken in the central Philippines and Mindanao, and aims to provide explanations of Cebuano forms rather than direct English translations. With approximately 25,000 entries, it serves as an invaluable tool for both Cebuano speakers and learners seeking to understand the intricacies of the language. At the start of the dictionary, the transcriber notes detail the formatting of the text, including the use of Unicode characters for diacritics that may not display correctly on all computers. Following this, the foreword by Robert B. Jones highlights the significance of this work in relation to Cebuano and Philippine linguistics, emphasizing its collaborative nature involving over a hundred participants. The preface outlines the dictionary's goals, structure, and process of compilation, indicating that it was developed from extensive oral and written sources, all aimed at clarifying the meanings and uses of Cebuano words. The introduction begins with a discussion of the language's distribution and cultural context, highlighting its status and fluctuations in prestige over the years. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Cebuano language -- Dictionaries -- English PL Text Category: Language & Communication Category: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference 8825831 2025-07-16T09:27:22.850559 text/html 9406492 2023-10-01T08:17:48 text/html 2917080 2025-07-16T09:31:52.875731 application/epub+zip 3091670 2025-07-16T09:28:56.512605 application/epub+zip 3071863 2025-07-16T09:28:09.006265 application/epub+zip 6572438 2025-07-16T09:34:27.052523 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4393292 2025-07-16T09:31:01.509510 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4354380 2022-09-18T10:56:02.484052 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5699420 2025-07-16T09:26:20.404353 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 5699215 2023-09-30T07:24:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16355 2025-07-16T09:34:27.633454 application/rdf+xml 14310 2025-07-16T09:28:11.426273 image/jpeg 3431 2025-07-16T09:28:10.249268 image/jpeg 2819644 2025-07-16T09:27:23.450482 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog