The Sentro ng Wikang Filipino (SWF; literally, "Center of the Filipino Language"), also known the Sentro, is a
language academy
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,
research center
Center or centre may refer to:
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*Center (geometry), the middle of an object
* Center (algebra), used in various contexts
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** Center (ring theory)
* Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentric ...
, and
university-based publishing house that is part of the
University of the Philippines System (UP). It has offices in various autonomous universities of UP System, the most notable of which is the one housed at the
University of the Philippines Diliman
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(i.e. SWF Diliman) that won the
Philippine National Book Award for Publisher of the Year by the Manila Critics' Circle. The Sentro is active not just within the UP system due to its mission of "developing and disseminating" the
Filipino language
Filipino (; , ) is an Austronesian language. It is the national language ( / ) of the Philippines, and one of the two official languages of the country, with English. It is a standardized variety of Tagalog based on the native dialect, sp ...
according to the provisions of the
1987 Philippine Constitution
The Constitution of the Philippines (Filipino: ''Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas'' or ''Konstitusyon ng Pilipinas'', Spanish: ''Constitución de la República de Filipinas'') is the constitution or the supreme law of the Republic of the Philippine ...
.
One of Sentro's projects is the ''
UP Diksiyonaryong Filipino'', a monolingual Filipino dictionary.
Mga Programa ng Sentro ng Wikang Filipino
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See also
* University of the Philippines Press
* Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
* Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
The Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters () is a Philippine language regulator whose aims are to preserve and to develop the Cebuano language. In this regard, the Commission on the Filipino Language shares the same mission.
See also
* List of lang ...
;Defunct language regulators
* Academia Bicolana
* Sanghiran san Binisaya
References
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Language regulators
Filipino language
University of the Philippines
University of the Philippines Diliman
Book publishing companies of the Philippines
University presses of the Philippines
Publishing companies established in 1989