Processing English Loans with Initial Consonant Clusters into Tagalog

Proceedings ofThe 6 th National Natural LanguageProcessing Research SymposiumKnowledge Engineering and Management:Methods and Tools6NNLPRSDateSeptember 25-26, 2009VenueDe La Salle UniversityManila, PhilippinesHosted ByThe Natural Language Processing Research GroupCollege of Computer StudiesDe La Salle University - ManilaSponsored byPhilippine Council of Advanced Science and Technology Research and Development,Department of Science and Technology

Published byDe La Salle University (DLSU)http://www.dlsu.edu.ph(contact information)Ms. Nathalie alie Rose LimCenter for Language TechnologiesCollege of Computer StudiesDe La Salle University – Manila2401 Taft Avenue,Manila, Philippines 1004(nats.lim@delasalle.ph)ISSN: 1908-3092All Rights Reserved. ed. No part of this publication may be reproducedand/or stored in aretrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical,photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission from the authors.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS6NNLPRS is financially supported by De La Salle University, and the Philippines Councilfor Advanced Science and Technology Research and Development – Department ofScience and Technology.

Organizing ing CommitteeOrganizing Committee ChairNathalie Rose LimReview PanelProceedings CommitteeProgramme CommitteeBudget and LogisticsRegistrationDr. Rachel RoxasDr. Shirley DitaMr. Allan BorraMs. Ethel OngMs. Jocelynn CuBrian Kent LimAngeloCrisanto MirandaJanine TrogoFe Eleanor YapKaren AngJanine AntonioDan SanchezSherie YuCharibeth ChengNathalie Rose LimJennifer AlagdonAllan Borra

Organizing ing CommitteePublicitySecretariatNathalie Rose LimMary Ruth DelanoGlecer BautistaMichael Adrian GarciaRichmond Jamal TanJennifer AlagdonJeremy BondocKenston ChoiAlvin GarciaNoel Mikhail de GuzmanJermaine Cathleen JuanRosalyn Margret PacanaAdrian Lester TanJonathan YiuYu Hun Ping

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