Baybayin/Alibata – the Lost Writing Script of the Philippines
Posted by JC John (ᜑᜓᜏᜈ᜔) on June 13, 2009 · 2 Comments
For my “111st Philippine Independence from Spain and Colonialism” post, I decided to unearthed the forgotten Filipino writing script our forefathers called as Baybayin.
The Modern Filipino Alphabet
Today, we are using The Modern Filipino Alphabet or Ang Bagong Alpabetong Filipino. We have 28 characters in total, these are: Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ññ, N͠g n͠g, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz.
The 16th letter ‘Ng’ is pronunced as endzi (/ŋ/) in itself or as in ping-pong or wing when already used in a word. Also if you noticed, I wrote the letter endzi with a tilde above it. This was the original way of writing endzi.
Continue reading here and know your Pre-Hispanic History!!
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Love is in Alibata mahal. And family as they say?
Thank you very much
Love is in philippine mahal. And family as they say?
Thank you very much