Ang Bukid Nga Nahigugma Sa Langgam
Subtitle: (Cebuano)
Publisher: Mother Tongue Publishing Inc.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Metro Manila, Philippines
Language: ceb
Format: Softcover, full color
Number of pages: 24
Description: A fully illustrated, full color children's book in Cebuano. The story is a translation of The Mountain That Loved A Bird by Alice McLerran, originally published in the United States with illustrations by Eric Carle. The translation from English to Cebuano is by Grace Monte de Ramos; the full color illustrations are by Beaulah Pedregosa Taguiwalo, drawn from the landscapes of the Philippines. It is published by Mother Tongue Publishing Inc., a Manila-based company that aims to publish books in as many languages as possible.

Cebuano, also known as Sugboanon, is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 20,000,000 people. It is the second most widely spoken language in the country, next to the national language Filipino. It is a subgroup or member of the Bisaya, Visayan, and Binisayâ language family. The name came from the Philippine island of Cebu, with the Spanish suffix -ano meaning native of a place, added at the end. Cebuano speaking people, however, are not confined to Cebu. There are several regions in the Philippines’ southern island of Mindanao that speak the language. For this reason, some insist that the language should properly be called Binisayâ.

This book is also available in Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a, Iloko, and Filipino.

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