Baybayin

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

All labels observed (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

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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
hasVowelLetters 3 independent vowel characters
influenced modern Filipino neo-Baybayin fonts
ISO15924Code Tglg
recognizedBy Republic of the Philippines
linked to: Philippines
relatedTo Buhid script
linked to: Baybayin

Hanunóo script
linked to: Baybayin

Tagalog script
linked to: Tagalog

Tagbanwa script
linked to: Baybayin
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 language
linked to: Tagalog

Visayan languages
writingDirection left-to-right
writingSystemType alphasyllabary

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (36)

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

Baybayin relatedTo Hanunóo script
linked to: Baybayin
Baybayin relatedTo Buhid script
linked to: Baybayin
Baybayin relatedTo Tagbanwa script
linked to: Baybayin
Baybayin hasNameInTagalog Baybayin
Kawi script influenced Baybayin script
linked to: Baybayin
Brahmi script hasDescendant Baybayin
Malayo-Polynesian languages writingSystem Baybayin (historical)
linked to: Baybayin
Tglg representsScript Baybayin
Tglg representsWritingSystem Baybayin
Tglg scriptName Tagalog (Baybayin)
linked to: Baybayin
Tglg scriptName Baybayin
Tglg scriptSystem Baybayin script
linked to: Baybayin
Brahmic scripts influenced Baybayin script
linked to: Baybayin
Ilocano people historicalWritingSystem Baybayin (limited historical use)
linked to: Baybayin
Pallava script influenced Baybayin script
linked to: Baybayin
Kulitan script relatedScript Baybayin
Pallava Grantha influenced Baybayin script
linked to: Baybayin
Brahmi isAncestorOf Baybayin
Hanunoo relatedScript Baybayin
Tagbanwa relatedTo Baybayin
Pangasinan people historicalWritingSystem Baybayin (adapted)
linked to: Baybayin
Kawi influenced Baybayin
Kulitan relatedTo Baybayin
Tagbanwa script relatedTo Baybayin
Hanunóo script relatedTo Baybayin
Sugbuanon historicalScript Baybayin