hapinas.

Filipino, made playful

hapinas

A small shelf of Filipino language tools.

Open a tool. Leave knowing more about the Philippines.

tools

now live · 06
01
daily word game

hoolah

Guess one five-letter Tagalog word each day, then learn what it means and how it is used.

five letterssix triesone a day
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02
root word map

sanga

Search Filipino roots, follow word forms, and watch meaning shift as affixes join the stem.

rootsaffixesword families
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03
album-cover archive

plaka

Follow visual connections between Filipino album covers across colour, typography, photography, and composition.

album coversvisual linkscolour
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04
Maranao gong-chime

kulintang

Play a 3D Maranao kulintang from Tugaya, with eight Katunog-recorded gongs.

eight gongsKatunogTugaya
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05
browser instrument

gabbang

Play a sampled Tausug gabbang in the browser, with keyboard practice, loop recording, and scene controls.

bamboo keyskeyboardrecord loops
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06
Python package

psgc

Install Philippine geographic codes with coordinates, fuzzy search, spatial queries, and address parsing.

pip installPSGC codesgeo search
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in the works

More Filipino language tools belong here: sound games, tiny dictionaries, morphology experiments, and small ways to play with words.