How to write Baybayin aka Alibata

Baybayin aka Alibata is a pre-Filipino writing system from the islands called the "Philippines". Baybayin comes from the word "baybay", which literally means "spell". Alibata was a term mistakenly coined by Paul Versoza in the early 1900's when he wrongly thought the script was rooted in Arabic. Check out http://www.baybayin.com for more info.

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[nil1230]

how do you write a name? like marvin ?isnt it hard to transcribe words that arent in alibata?

[romayne15]

@nhiexzhie20 pabaligtad na heart naman ung 'ba' na nasa video ah. ;)

[nenabunena]

@8raysmedia i agree. though there are schools that teach only 1 type of penmanship. take st. paul's college as an example, this school teaches it's students to write with a lot of loops & curves, it's a mark of a paulinian. you can tell from what school they're from or learned to write by their penmanship

[8raysmedia]

@shey875 The only difference is handwriting. It varies from person to person. If you write the letter G in the roman alphabet different from me, that doesn't make you wrong. If your teacher doesn't mention handwriting differences then he/she doesn't really know writing or baybayin.

[shey875]

i think some of the letters are wrong..kasi iba po yung tinuturo sa amin ng a.p teacher nmin...

[8raysmedia]

@nhiexzhie20 ano???

[nhiexzhie20]

bkt gnun mli ung alibata d2? ayon po s pngaarln nmn ngyn /ba/ ung pblgtd n heart. so wrong pti ung /o/ or /u/ n prng 3. ryt?

[poofkaboom]

Its not Alibata

[ThePohpoh999]

thank you for sharing... BTW, my friend is now developing some meditation technique regarding abakada and babayin. will upload it soon to help and guide Filipinos to easily connect to their root/culture by using this kind of technique.. pag palain nawa ang lahat ng tumatangkilik sa ating kultura at lupang hinirang.

[MariVnia05]

it is called baybayin kasi nung time ng mga unang pilipino, ang paraan nila ng pag spell ay per syllabvle o KADA BAYBAY :) and as far as i know, many scholars are telling na pabaligtad sila kung magsulat (from right to left)