In recent years, Baybayin tattoos have become a meaningful way for Filipinos to connect with Filipino roots. Often confused with alibata, Baybayin is a pre-colonial script unique to the Philippines.

Before it was a Spanish colony, the Philippines had its own languages and scripts, including baybayin, a written form of Tagalog. An artist has created a card game around baybayin and hopes it ...

Access to learning the Baybayin script, a culturally and historically important ancient writing system in the Philippines, has been made possible for Filipinos and eager learners in Australia.

Through Baybayin, we know that our ancestors were literate. They knew how to read and write. Almost all of them did - didn't matter if they were male or female, adult or child.

It made me proud knowing our ancestors were literate,” said Filipino artist Taipan Lucero, 31, who studied calligraphy in Japan but returned home to apply his skills to reviving Baybayin.

MANILA, Philippines -- You can now use Baybayin and other indigenous scripts when searching through Gboard, as well as translate Cebuano words using Word. July 10, 2022. News. Global Nation.

Written in the sand, on a bamboo stalk, and most often, on their semi-naked bodies, the indigenous alphabet is the ephemeral link that binds two sisters who fall in love with the same man. "Baybayin" ...