Chapter 3
Introduction to the Dictionary 3.0 General Information 3.1 Using the Dictionary 3.1.1 The Ct Alphabet 3.1.2 The CI Orthography 3.1.3 Speech Sounds of Ct 3.1.3.1 The Phonemic Notation 3.1.3.2 The Ct Vowel System 3.1.3.3 The Ct Consonantal Phonemes 3.2 The Cotabato Chabacano (Ct Grammatical Sketch) 3.2.0 Introduction 3.2.1 The Particle 3.2.1.1 The Preposed Particles 3.2.1.2 The Postposed Particles 3.2.2 The Verb 3.2.2.1 Verbal Inflection 3.2.2.2 Verbal Derivation 3.2.3 The Noun 3.2.3.1 Noun Inflection 3.2.3.2 Noun Derivates 3.2.4 The Descriptives 3.2.4.1 Inflection 3.2.4.2 Derivatives 3.2.5 The Substitutes 3.2.5.1 The Pronominal System 3.2.5.2 The Deictic or Demonstrative Pronouns 3.2.53 The Interrogative and Indefinite or Relative Pronouns 3.2.5.4 The Negatives 3.2.6 A Summary of Ct Afliies in the Process of Various Derivatives 3.3 Abbreviations 3.4 The Order of Entries 3.5 Sampling of Dictionary Entries 3.0 General Information
This Composite Dictionary of Philippine Creole Spanish (PCS) contains approximately 6,000 Cotabato Chabacano (Ct) words, which are drawn from a Master Word List of Cotabato Chabacano common core vocabulary. These words are either base words or derivatives. When predictable derivatives arise only the