Naka-Yahoo! ka ba?* (*Are you on Yahoo!)
- Posted April 5th, 2007 at 9:50 am by Yahoo! Search
- Categories: News/Announcements
We just took a step deeper into the linguistic mire that is the Internet, and launched a Tagalog interface for our Philippines search site. Users can access the new interface through a language toggle on the regular Philippines site or pull it up directly at pht.search.yahoo.com.
Tagalog (known in its standardized form as Filipino) is one of the official languages of the Republic of the Philippines. It’s estimated that upwards of 40-60 million people worldwide speak the language, so it was a natural extension to create this interface. While Yahoo! has always had a lot of Tagalog content in our search index, this interface creates a new way for our Filipino users to access all of the information.
Find a Tagalog-English dictionary by searching for “diksyonaryong tagalog-ingles.” Or, get a map of the Philippines by doing an image search for “mapa ng pilipinas.” To learn what American Idol contestant Jasmine Trias is up to now that she is a big star in the Philippines, search for “jasmine trias kanta.”
Give it a try. Be sure to let us know what you think in the comments below.
Salamat!
Raymond Flournoy, Linguistic Product Manager
Yahoo! Search
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That’s great! But you’d find that few Filipino sites are in pure Tagalog/Filipino. Many are in straight English (Filipino English), while most are in a mix of English and Taglish known as “Taglish.”
I reckon it is a really good idea to develop such things!
I’m looking forward to seeing more from yahoo!
How many International version are there ?
This is very cool and considerate! Thanks
Thanks for the info
Thank youso much Yahoo search. This way people using different languanges can also take advantage of this new feature.