Baybayin or Alibata
Type:	Abugida - originated from Kavi script
Languages:	Tagalog, Ilokano, Pangasinan, other languages of the Philippines
Time period:	~1300-1898
ISO 15924 code:	Tglg
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-​based pronunciation key.

Baybayin (sometimes called Alibata) is a pre-Hispanic Tagalog writing system that originated from the Javanese script Kavi. The writing system was believed to be in use as early as the 14th Century and was still in use during the Spanish colonization of the Philippine Islands. The term baybayin literally means spelling. Closely related scripts are Hanunóo, Buhid, and Tagbanwa. An abugida or alphasyllabary is a writing system composed of signs (graphemes) denoting consonants with an inherent following vowel, which are consistently modified to indicate other vowels (or, in some cases, the lack of a vowel). ... Kavi is the oldest script of Javanese language, and is derived from the Indic Brahmi. ... Tagalog (pronunciation: ) is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines. ... Ilokano (variants: Ilocano, Iluko, Iloco, and Iloko) is the third most-spoken language of the Republic of the Philippines. ... Pangasinán is a language of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian family of languages spoken by more than two million people in Pangasinan, other Pangasinan communities in the Philippines, and by a significant number of Pangasinan immigrants in the United States; it is the primary language in Pangasinan... There are over 170 languages of the Philippines; almost all of them belong to the Austronesian language family. ... Events February 22 - Jubilee of Pope Boniface VIII. March 10 - Wardrobe accounts of King Edward I of Englanddo (aka Edward Longshanks) include a reference to a game called creag being played at the town of Newenden in Kent. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Image File history File links Baybayin Sample 2 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language. ... Phonetics (from the Greek word φωνή, phone = sound/voice) is the study of sounds (voice). ... Because of technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... This is a concise version of the International Phonetic Alphabet for English sounds. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Motto: (Latin for Further Beyond) Anthem: Capital Madrid Largest city Madrid Official language(s) Basque, Catalan, Galician, Spanish and Valencian. ... Tagalog (pronunciation: ) is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines. ... Java (Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese: Jawa) is an island of Indonesia, and the site of its capital city, Jakarta. ... Kavi is the oldest script of Javanese language, and is derived from the Indic Brahmi. ... Motto: Maka-Diyos, Makatao, Makakalikasan, at Makabansa (Filipino: For God, People, Nature, and Country) Anthem: Lupang Hinirang (Chosen Land) Capital Manila Largest city Quezon City Official language(s) Filipino and English* Government Unitary presidential republic  - President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo  - Vice President Noli de Castro Independence From Spain and U.S... One of the indigenous scripts of the Philippines; see Baybayin. ... Buhid (ᝊᝓᝑᝒ), or Mangyan, is an indigenous Brahmic script of the Philippines, and is used today by the Mindoro people to write Tagalog, the national language of the Philippines. ... Tagbawna is one of the indigenous writing systems of the Philippines. ...

The Baybayin script is part of the Unicode standard. In Unicode it is called the Tagalog script and is given the 1700-171F range. Because of technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ...

The writing system is an abugida system using consonant-vowel combinations. Each character, written in their basic form, is a consonant ending with the vowel "A". To produce consonants ending with the other vowel sounds, a mark is placed either above the consonant (to produce an "E" or "I" sound) or below the consonant (to produce an "O" or "U" sound). The mark is called a kudlit. The kudlit does not apply to stand-alone vowels. Vowels themselves have their own glyphs. Baybayin Alpha File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... An abugida or alphasyllabary is a writing system composed of signs (graphemes) denoting consonants with an inherent following vowel, which are consistently modified to indicate other vowels (or, in some cases, the lack of a vowel). ...

In its original form however, a stand-alone consonant (consonants not ending with any vowel sound) cannot be produced. This was particularly hard for the Spanish priests who were translating books into the native language. Father Francisco Lopez introduced his own kudlit in 1620 that eliminated the vowel sound. The kudlit was in the form of a "+" sign, in reference to Christianity. This cross-shaped kudlit functions exactly the same as the virama in the Devanagari script of India. In fact, Unicode calls this kudlit the TAGALOG SIGN VIRAMA. Baybayin Sample 1 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Events September 6 - English emigrants on the Mayflower depart from Plymouth, England for the future New England and arrive at the end of the year. ... Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centred on Jesus of Nazareth, and on his life and teachings as presented in the New Testament. ... Rigveda manuscript in Devanagari (early 19th century) Devanāgarī (देवनागरी — in English pronounced ) (ISCII – IS13194:1991) [1] is an abugida alphabet used to write several Indian languages, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Bihari, Bhili, Konkani, Bhojpuri and Nepali from Nepal. ...

Besides Tagalog, Ilokano and Pangasinan are or were written in the Baybayin script. Image File history File links Baybayin Sample 2 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Baybayin Wikipedia File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Ilokano (variants: Ilocano, Iluko, Iloco, and Iloko) is the third most-spoken language of the Republic of the Philippines. ... Pangasinán is a language of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian family of languages spoken by more than two million people in Pangasinan, other Pangasinan communities in the Philippines, and by a significant number of Pangasinan immigrants in the United States; it is the primary language in Pangasinan...

Unicode table

See Also

• Laguna Copperplate Inscription
• Tagalog alphabet

The Laguna Copperplate inscription, found 1989 in Laguna de Bay, in the metroplex of Manila, Philippines, has inscribed on it a date of Saka era 822, corresponding to April 21st, 900CE according to Vedic astronomy, containing words from Sanskrit, old Javanese, old Malay and old Tagalog, releasing its bearer, Namwaran... The Tagalog alphabet (officially Makabagong Alpabetong Filipino; English: Modern Filipino Alphabet) comprises of 28 letters, which includes the entire English alphabet and two additional letters, ñ and ng. ...

External links

• Ang Baybayin by Paul Morrow
• Unicode Tagalog Range 1700-171F (in PDF)
• Yet another Baybayin chart
• Baybayin online translator
• Baybayin fanlisting