Kulitan script

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Kulitan script is an indigenous Philippine writing system traditionally used by the Kapampangan people and now revived as a symbol of their cultural identity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Philippine script
indigenous script
writing system
associatedDomain Kapampangan literature
Philippine indigenous scripts
associatedPeople Kapampangan cultural advocates
countryOfOrigin Philippines
culturalSignificance marker of Kapampangan ethnic pride
symbol of Kapampangan cultural identity
diacriticType vowel diacritics
ethnolinguisticGroup Kapampangan
function cultural expression
identity assertion
recording Kapampangan language
geopoliticalContext Luzon
surface form: Luzon island
graphemicUnit syllable
historicalUse early modern period in Pampanga
precolonial Philippines
modernUse art and calligraphy
cultural festivals
educational materials
public signage in Pampanga
region Central Luzon
Pampanga NERFINISHED
relatedScript Baybayin
Hanunóo script
Tagbanwa script
revivalPeriod 21st century
late 20th century
revivalStatus revived
scriptDirection right-to-left (column order)
top-to-bottom
vertical
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts
scriptFeature consonant-vowel syllabic characters
use of kudlit-like marks for vowels
status minority script
timePeriod Spanish colonial period in the Philippines
pre-Hispanic era
typicalMedium bamboo
paper
wood
usedBy Kapampangan people
usedForLanguage Kapampangan language
writingSystemClass segmental writing system
writingSystemScope alphabetic-syllabic
writingSystemType abugida

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Kapampangan writingSystem Kulitan script