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Members of the Department of Chamorro Affairs, Research, Publication and Training Division are working to produce an updated Chamorro-English dictionary. Dr. Katherine Aguon, at right, leads the efforts.
Chamorro vs. Chamoru
CHamoru/Chamorro Comic Strip: Juan Malimanga
CHamoru/Chamorro Comic Strip: Juan Malimanga
Directional Map, Guam
CHamoru/Chamorro Directional Terminology
Chamorro Family, 1902. Charles Lemkuhl collection from the Micronesian Seminar (MicSem).
CHamoru/Chamorro Nicknames
The primary duty of the Department of CHamoru Affairs dictionary group is describing and prescribing the CHamoru/Chamorro language in its written form.
CHamoru/Chamorro Orthography
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CHamoru/Chamorro Orthography Rules
Pete Perez presenting at the CHamoru Seafaring Lexicon Workshop at the Guam Community College. This is the 3rd CAHA workshop in a series of 4 for 2014 in preparation for the 12th Festival of the Pacific Arts.
CHamoru/Chamorro Seafaring Lexicon Workshop
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CHamoru/Chamorro Sidereal Direction Terminology
Joseph’s Church Inalåhan. Photo courtesy of the MARC.
CHamoru/Chamorro Surnames
Schoolchildren lined up for a fingernail and cleanliness inspection
English and CHamoru/Chamorro Language Policies
Pale' Roman Maria de Vera. Capuchin Order, Guam
Father Roman de Vera
Fino Håya Project
Fino’ Håya Project
Gertrude Costenoble Hornbostel
Amot
Hale’ta: CHamoru/Chamorro Cultural Glossary
Chores
Joseph Paul Gaimard’s 1819 CHamoru/Chamorro Vocabulary
Kumision Logo Featured Image
Kumision I Fino’ CHamoru/Chamorro Language Commission
3rd Guam Legislature, 1955
Lagrimas Leon Guerrero Untalan
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Laura Maud Thompson
Chamorros
Origin of CHamoru/Chamorro as an Ethnic Identifier
The Australian National University,
Origin of Guam’s Indigenous People
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PARA-PADA
Pilar Cruz Lujan. Photo courtesy of Lujan family.
Pilar Cruz Lujan
Chamorro-English Dictionary
Revised Chamorro-English Dictionary
Governor Ricardo Bordallo proudly receives a t-shirt from the Chamorro Language Commission.Bordallo Photo Collection
Role of Education in the Preservation of Guam’s Indigenous Language
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