Baybayin

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Brahmic script Philippine script abugida writing system

Baybayin is an ancient pre-colonial Philippine script used to write several native languages before the widespread adoption of the Latin alphabet.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Baybayin script 4
Baybayin (historical) 1
Baybayin (limited historical use) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brahmic script ⓘ
Philippine script ⓘ
abugida ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
characterSetType syllabic ⓘ
culturalSignificance part of Philippine pre-colonial heritage ⓘ
symbol of Filipino identity ⓘ
declineReason adoption of Latin alphabet under Spanish rule ⓘ
derivedFrom Kawi script ⓘ
documentedBy Spanish missionaries ⓘ
earliestDocumentation 16th-century Spanish chronicles ⓘ
etymology from Tagalog word "baybay" meaning "to spell" or "to write syllabically" ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfCharacters 17 basic consonant characters ⓘ
hasDirectionality horizontal ⓘ
hasFeature consonant-vowel syllable signs ⓘ
inherent vowel /a/ or /ə/ ⓘ
no distinct consonant clusters ⓘ
punctuation marks ⓘ
vowel diacritics ⓘ
hasModernEncoding Unicode ⓘ
hasNameInTagalog Baybayin self-link ⓘ
hasVowelLetters 3 independent vowel characters ⓘ
influenced modern Filipino neo-Baybayin fonts ⓘ
ISO15924Code Tglg ⓘ
recognizedBy Philippines ⓘ
surface form: Republic of the Philippines
relatedTo Baybayin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Buhid script

Baybayin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hanunóo script

Tagalog ⓘ
surface form: Tagalog script

Baybayin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tagbanwa script
revival subject of modern cultural revival ⓘ
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts ⓘ
status historical script ⓘ
revived cultural script ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ
pre-colonial Philippines ⓘ
unicodeBlock Tagalog (U+1700–U+171F) ⓘ
usedFor calligraphy ⓘ
logos and branding ⓘ
tattoos ⓘ
usedIn Philippines ⓘ
usedToWrite Bikol language ⓘ
Ilocano language ⓘ
Kapampangan language ⓘ
Pangasinan language ⓘ
Tagalog ⓘ
surface form: Tagalog language

Visayan languages ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystemType alphasyllabary ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brahmi script → hasDescendant → Baybayin ⓘ
Baybayin → hasNameInTagalog → Baybayin self-link ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baybayin (limited historical use)
Brahmic scripts → influenced → Baybayin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baybayin script
Kawi script → influenced → Baybayin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baybayin script
Pallava script → influenced → Baybayin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baybayin script
Kulitan script → relatedScript → Baybayin ⓘ
Baybayin → relatedTo → Baybayin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanunóo script
Baybayin → relatedTo → Baybayin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buhid script
Baybayin → relatedTo → Baybayin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tagbanwa script
Tglg → representsScript → Baybayin ⓘ
Tglg → representsWritingSystem → Baybayin ⓘ
Tglg → scriptName → Baybayin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tagalog (Baybayin)
Tglg → scriptName → Baybayin ⓘ
Tglg → scriptSystem → Baybayin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baybayin script
this entity surface form: Baybayin (historical)