Calligraphy workshops that are popular among crafty millennials usually involve European-style cursive and splashy watercolor backgrounds but what about the Philippines’ very own Baybayin? The good ...

A young Philippine artist and freelance illustrator has created a card game she hopes will inspire her countrymen to help revive the written language used by their ancestors. Patricia Ramos hopes her ...

Can you imagine making a grocery list in Baybayin script? The idea is not far-fetched. Last April, the House Committee on Basic Education and Culture approved the proposed “National Writing System Act ...

One glance at Filipino social media and you will find a recurrent set of waves, twists and inverted heart shapes. They’re more than just symbols — they’re part of the 17-character writing system ...

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.

MANILA, Philippines — With deliberate golden strokes, artist Taipan Lucero proudly brings an ancient script back to life, in the hope of promoting an endangered but contentious part of Philippine ...

According to the mathematicians, the smart system is likely the first in the world to convert Baybayin words to Latin alphabet MANILA, Philippines – Filipino mathematicians have developed a smart ...

Last April, the House Committee on Basic Education and Culture approved a proposal to make Baybayin the country’s national writing system. This means that, once the proposal is enacted, Baybayin ...

Visit www.pinaymangatkatay.blogspot.com "...the most interesting of these is the ancient script baybayin often referred to as alibata, a term coined inexplicably to mimic the first two letters of the ...

There was worrisome news recently of the rapid spread of signs on Boracay in Chinese characters, which has irritated locals who complain we are becoming foreigners in our own land. One local ...