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  1. Hanun ó o. The 7,000 Hanun ó o (Bulalakao, Hampangan, Hanono-o, Mangyan) live in an area of 800 square kilometers at the southern end of Mindoro Island (12 ° 30 ′ N, 121 ° 10 ′ E), in the Philippines. They speak an Austronesian language, and most are literate, using an Indic-derived script that they write on bamboo.

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    • Written Hanunó'o
    • Notable Features
    • Abugidas / Syllabic Alphabets

    Nowadays Hanunó'o is written mainly with a version of the Latin alphabet. There is also a Hanunó'o, which has been used since the 14th century AD and is thought to have developed from the Kawi script of Java, Bali and Sumatra. The Hanunó'o script is used to write love songs or ʼambāhan, and also for correspondence. About 70% of the Hanunó'o are abl...

    Type of writing system: Abugida / Syllabic Alphabetin which each consonant has an inherent vowel [a]. Other vowels are indicated by diacritics.
    Syllable final consonants are not written and readers have to use context to work out which final consonants are intended.
    Script family: Proto-Sinaitic, Phoenician, Aramaic, Brāhmī, Pallava, Kawi, Baybayin, Hanunó'o

    Ahom, Aima, Arleng, Badagu, Badlit, Basahan, Balinese, Balti-A, Balti-B, Batak, Baybayin, Bengali, Bhaiksuki, Bhujimol, Bilang-bilang, Bima, Blackfoot, Brahmi, Buhid, Burmese, Carrier, Chakma, Cham, Cree, Dehong Dai, Devanagari, Dham Lipi, Dhankari / Sirmauri, Ditema, Dives Akuru, Dogra, Ethiopic, Evēla Akuru, Fox, Fraser, Gond, Goykanadi, Grantha,...

  4. ISO 639-3. hnn. Glottolog. hanu1241. This article contains Hanunoo text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Hanunoo script. Hanunoo, or Hanunó'o ( IPA: [hanunuʔɔ] ), is a language spoken by Mangyans in the island of Mindoro, Philippines . It is written in the Hanunoo script .

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  6. Spanish: The Lingua Franca of Spain. Spanish, or Castilian Spanish, stands as the official language of Spain, serving as the primary means of communication across the nation. This Romance language is spoken by virtually the entire population, boasting over 43 million native speakers within the country's confines.