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Batad Ifugao Dictionary with Ethnographic Notes Leonard E. Newell & Francis Bon'og Poligon, comps. 1993. 744 pp. $30.00 Book set discount.
Internationally acclaimed as a model of thoroughness in ethnographic dictionary-making. Useful companion to Handbook on Lexicography. 

Handbook on Lexicography Leonard E. Newell. 1995. 368 pp. $15.00 Book set discount.
An exposition of sound lexicographical principles and procedures; with examples from Philippine languages. 

Manobo Dictionary: of Manobo as spoken in the Agusan river valley and the Diwata mountain range Teofilo E. Gelacio, Jason K. L. Lee and Ronald L. Schumacher, comps. 2000. xii, 208 pp. $8.00 Book set discount. More...

Mapun-English Dictionary Millard A. Collins and Virginia R. Collins, comps. Sulfilix A. Hashim, Mapun language consultant. 2001. 703 pp. $15.00 Book set discount.
Mapun is a Sama dialect spoken on the island of Cagayan de Tawi-tawi (or Mapun) as well as parts of Palawan and Malaysia. 

A Masbatenyo-English Dictionary Elmer P. Wolfenden. 2001. xi, 736 pp. $20.00 Book set discount. More...

Romblomanon Dictionary Leonard E. Newell and Emilia Tarbardilla, comps. 2006. xviii, 853 pp. $30.00 Book set discount. More...

Tausug-English Dictionary: Kabtangan Iban Maana Irene U. Hassan, Seymour A. Ashley & Mary L. Ashley, comps. 1994. xi, 688 pp. $20.00 Book set discount. More...

Tboli-English Dictionary Silin A. Awed, Lillian B. Underwood, Vivian M. Van Wynen, comps. 2004. xv, 720 pp. $25.00 Book set discount. More...

Yakan-English Dictionary Dietlinde Behrens, compiler. 2002. 610 pp. $30.00 Book set discount.
Yakan belongs to the Sama-Badjaw subgroup of the Malayo-Polynesian family of Austronesian languages and is spoken by people of the same name who live on Basilan Island as well as on some smaller surrounding islands.  More...