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  • proper noun A central Philippine Visayan language from the islands of Samar, Biliran, and northeast Leyte. Also called Waray.

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  • Imperfect as it may be, ad-free, nonprofit Wikipedia’s sheer scope -- 3.5 million entries in English alone, to say nothing of smaller Norwegian, Vietnamese, Persian, and Waray-Waray versions with more than 100,000 articles each -- is an astonishing testimony to a human urge to work without recompense when the cause matters.

    Rebecca Solnit: Iceberg Economies and Shadow Selves: Further Adventures in the Territories of Hope Rebecca Solnit 2010

  • I wish him luck in his study of linguistics, and I hope he'll update the blog regularly—there are recent entries on Christmas and New Year greetings in various Phillippine languages and a very interesting entry on noun markers in Waray-Waray and other languages.

    languagehat.com: SALITA BLOG. 2005

  • Imperfect as it may be, ad-free, nonprofit Wikipedia's sheer scope -- 3.5 million entries in English alone, to say nothing of smaller Norwegian, Vietnamese, Persian, and Waray-Waray versions with more than 100,000 articles each -- is an astonishing testimony to a human urge to work without recompense when the cause matters.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Rebecca Solnit 2010

  • Waray-Waray News: Ginuundong san bag-o nga Commander san 803rd Brigade an Social (re)

    unknown title 2009

  • Waray-Waray News: PGMA kikilalaon an "Mapinaurahon han Bata nga LGU"

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  • Women are no longer afraid to talk against violence they encounter, UN says Waray-Waray News: Oxford group tagusyado an ekonomiya han Pilipinas Waray-Waray News: Comelec nagpatapod nga eksakto an paggamit han automated machines Waray-Waray News: Pilipinas dire na "An maluyahon nga lagas ha Asya"

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  • Waray-Waray News: Ginwarningan san Bise-Presidente an publiko sin mga panguwat sa tutuna

    unknown title 2009

  • Waray-Waray News: Ginuundong san bag-o nga Commander san 803rd Brigade an Social (re)

    unknown title 2009

  • Waray-Waray News: An ginbabanabana san IMF nga dire matubo an GDP san Pilipinas in nakontra san realidad, sugad ni Golez

    unknown title 2009

  • Waray-Waray News: Ginsugad san Palasyo an NDCC, sulu LGU nga magpreparar si pagkaon ngan mga medisina

    unknown title 2009

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