Student redesigns dictionary of her native Filipino language

Mikaela Yeo hopes her Chavacano dictionary can be marketed to learners locally and online — and will be a gift to preserve her grandmother’s memories. In addition to redesigning a dictionary of her native Filipino language, art and design grad Mikaela Yeo created a new visual identity for the U of A’s Sound Studies Institute.

Yeo doesn’t remember much of her native language, a form of Spanish Creole called Chavacano, spoken by about 700,000 in the Philippines. What she does remember about growing up in Zamboanga City is the artistic flair of her locally famous grandmother, Julia “Titang” Jaldon, a visual artist and one of only a few Chavacano song composers.

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