Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters

The Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters (Cebuano: Akademyang Bisaya)) is a Philippine language regulator whose aims are to preserve and to develop the Cebuano language.[1]

In 2009, Akademiyang Bisaya published the first edition of The English-Visayan-Cebuano Dictionary, which took ten years to complete in consultation with other organizations, to standardize Cebuano orthography, grammar, and syntax.[2]

The Academy had a two-year hiatus from 2021 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, relaunching on 11 February 2023 with a new group of officers. Emiliano de Catalina was appointed president, and Jesus Garcia Jr. as chair.[3]

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References

  1. ^ "Akademiyang Bisaya launched, in effort to promote language | Sun.Star Network Online". SunStar. Archived from the original on 20 October 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
  2. ^ "No clash of tongues in Cebu". Yahoo News. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  3. ^ "Advocates seek promotion of the Visayan language in schools". SunStar Publishing Inc. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
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