Visayan Ethnic Way of Writing:
Apparently, it has originated from the Indonesian-Malaysian Culture.
3 Vowels: { A, I, U }
(Alibata, Using Bisaya Hervas Font) |
*E = I; O = U;
13 Consonants: { B, K, D, G, H, L, M, N, NG, P, S, T, Y}
*V = B; Q = K; R = D; F = P; X = S; W = U; Z = S;
** If "J" sounded as "H", then use "H";
** If "C" sounded as "S", then use "S";
** If "C" sounded as "K", then use "K";
*If you want to type the letter "NG", just press Shift+N ( uppercase "N" )...
Commonly Used Consonant Cluster: { J [ D'Y ] }
Other Cluster/s:
Baybayin (Bisaya Hervas Font); sugbuanon means cebuano |
Visayan font version of baybayin is called "Bisaya Hervas (1787)"
is now downloadable at www.mts.net/~pmorrow/fonts.htm#.
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Luzon's Ethnic Way of Writing:
Tagalog Baybayin Alphabets (image source: Wikipedia.Org) |
Tagalog Way of Writing was influenced by the Ethnic Groups of Indo-Malaysia and Taiwan.
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Other versions also exist:
Baybayin Lopez (1620)
Bikol Mintz (1835)
Tagalog Stylized (1992)
References:
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebuano_language
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayans
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baybayin
www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1700.pdf
www.mts.net/~pmorrow/fonts.htm#