Marayum currently features the Asi/Bantoanon, Hiligaynon, Cebuano, and Kinaray-a dictionaries.

If you have any local languages that you want to be featured on the website, don't hesitate to contact us.

You have to be a registered Contributor to submit suggestions to a dictionary.

First, apply for an account. Choose one of the dictionaries and submit your application.

When your account is approved, log in and click Go to Dictionary to view the entries in the dictionary.

Search for the word you wish to suggest. You can either submit a new entry or edit an existing one by clicking the Add or Edit button at the bottom-right part of the page.

Submissions are evaluated by Reviewers and Editors who have been peer-reviewed for their knowledge and expertise in their respective languages.

They have the final say on whether submissions are to be accepted, rejected, or need further edits.

You can use the following options to explore the features of the website:

• SELECT DICTIONARY: Search for available languages and view entries of your chosen dictionary.
• DASHBOARD: Click to go to the Log-In / Apply page. If you are already logged in, this will take you to the Dashboard where you can see the ongoing submissions in your dictionary.
• ABOUT MARAYUM: View details about the project and the Marayum.ph Team.

The tool that is Marayum.ph is owned and operated by the Marayum.ph Team. You can learn more us and the project in the About page.

The dictionary entries are owned by their respective language communities. To learn more about these indigenous language communities, please see the "Who speaks these languages?" entry below.

To cite a dictionary entry, use the following format:

Recommended Format:

Names of Contributor, Reviewer, and Editor. (Latest year of publication). Name of the specified dictionary entry. Marayum: Name of Dictionary. Retrieved from https://marayum.ph/.

For example:

Tan, J., Manzano, D., and Sadural, S. (2021). Abaga. Marayum: Hiligaynon - English Dictionary. Retrieved from https://marayum.ph/.

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Marayum provides you with an online dictionary that is grown, maintained, curated, and owned by the language community itself.

Only a tiny fraction of the more than 180 languages in the Philippines have an easily accessible dictionary, let alone an existing one. The goal of Marayum is to provide tools that would allow any interested language community to create a dictionary that can be easily read and accessed online.

We started with a list of 505 words that were carefully chosen to represent the breadth of a language. With the help of the community, these words were used to create a seed dictionary published on the website. Now, the rest of the community can now have access to this initial dictionary and build on it.

Although we start small, involving the community allows the dictionary to grow as people contribute to it.

The following information is from the 21st Edition of Ethnologue, one of the most trusted resources on world languages. It features a comprehensive list of every recognized language still in use today.

The following are details about the languages currently available on the website as of now:

• Asi/Bantoanon is spoken and used in the Romblon province in the MIMAROPA region. Its language status is Level 5 (Developing).
• Hiligaynon is spoken and used in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Bicol, Soccskargen, Western Visayas regions, as well as in select areas in the provinces of South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Iloilo, Negros Occidental, and Negros Oriental.
  Its language status is classified as Level 3 (Wider Communication).
• Cebuano is in widespread use across the country, more prominently in the Bicol and Visayas regions, as well as in select parts of Mindanao. Its language status is likewise classified as Level 3 (Wider Communication).

Reference:

• Ethnologue: Languages of the World. https://www.ethnologue.com. Last accessed on March 26, 2021.

When you are on the main page of the Marayum Dictionary, click on the SELECT DICTIONARY option to bring up the Select Dictionary pop-up.

Select which of the language dictionaries you want to switch over to, and it will bring you to its page.