Hanunóo script   Hanunoo

The Hanunóo or Mangyan script is one of a number of closely related scripts used in the Philippines until the 17th Century. It is thought to have descended from the Kawi script of Java, Bali and Sumatra, which in turn descended from the Pallava script, one of the southern Indian scripts derived from Brahmi.

Hanunóo writing is used mainly to write love songs or ʼambāhan, and also for correspondence. About 70% of the Hanunóo are able to read and write their language, and there is at least one person in each family who is literate.

Notable features

Used to write

Hanunóo, an Austronesian language spoken in the southern part of the Philippine island of Mindoro by about 10,000 to 12,000 people. Speakers of this language are known as Hanunóo or Hanunóo-Mangyan. The term Mangyan is the collective name for the eight indigenous peoples of Mindoro.

Hanunóo syllabic alphabet

The letters are all pronunced in the same way as their IPA equivalents, with the exception of ng = [ŋ] and y = [j].

Links

Ancient Hanunoo Philippine Script
http://iloko.tripod.com/Hanunoo.html

Information about the Hanunoo/Mangyan people
http://kcm.co.kr/bethany_eng/p_code3/1118.html

Mangyan Heritage Center
http://www.mangyan.org

Ancient scripts of the Philippines (in English and Tagalog)
http://www.mts.net/~pmorrow/bayeng1.htm

Ancient scripts of the Philippines
http://iloko.tripod.com/scripts.html

Austronesian languages

Anutan, Balinese, Batak, Bikol, Bugis, Buhid, Cebuano, Cham, Chamorro, Cia-Cia, Dawan, Drehu, Fijian, Filipino, Hanuno'o, Hawaiian, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Indonesian, Javanese, Kadazandusun, Kapampangan, Kiribati, Makasar, Malagasy, Malay, Mandar, Maori, Marshallese, Moriori, Pangasinan, Raga, Rarotongan, Re(d)jang, Rotuman, Sakao, Samoan, Sundanese, Tagalog, Tagbanwa, Tahitian, Tausūg, Tetum, Tokelauan, Tongan, Tuvaluan, Waray-Waray, Yapese

Other languages written with the Latin alphabet

Syllabic alphabets / abugidas

Ahom, Balinese, Batak, Bengali, Brahmi, Buhid, Burmese, Chakma, Cham, Dehong Dai, Devanagari, Dhives Akuru, Ethiopic, Evēla Akuru, Gondi, Grantha, Gujarati, Gupta, Gurmukhi (Punjabi), Hanuno'o, Hmong, Javanese, Kannada, Kharosthi, Khmer, Lanna, Lao, Lepcha, Limbu, Lontara/Makasar, Malayalam, Manpuri, Modi, New Tai Lue, Oriya, Pallava, Phags-pa, Ranjana, Redjang, Shan, Sharda, Siddham, Sindhi, Sinhala, Sorang Sompeng, Sourashtra, Soyombo, Sundanese, Syloti Nagri, Tagalog, Tagbanwa, Takri, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tocharian, Varang Kshiti

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