Word info

Baybayin

Proper noun

Meaning

Baybayin

A writing system used in the Philippines.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

A commendable effort by the local government unit of Manila in keeping the Filipino culture alive is its recent installation of various Baybayin signage placed at the entry and exit points of the newly renovated Lagusnilad underpass. Source: Internet

Although it enjoyed a relatively high level of literacy, Baybayin gradually fell into disuse in favor of the Latin alphabet taught by the Spaniards during their rule. Source: Internet

These include the posts along national highway, subdivisions, and lanes in the following barangays: Bambang, Batong Malake, Bayog, Baybayin, Malinta, Mayondon, and Putho-Tuntungin. Source: Internet

Not every letter in the Latin alphabet is represented with one of those in the Baybayin alphasyllabary. Source: Internet

Rather than letters being put together to make sounds as in Western languages, Baybayin uses symbols to represent syllables. Source: Internet

The Doctrina was written in Spanish and two transcriptions of Tagalog; one in the ancient, then-current Baybayin script and the other in an early Spanish attempt at a Latin orthography for the language. Source: Internet

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