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The Hanunó'o script is used to write love songs or ʼambāhan, and also for correspondence. About 70% of the Hanunó'o are able to read and write their language, and there is at least one person in each family who is literate. The script is also known as Mangyan Baybayin or Surat Mangyan.
Learning the script. Young Hanunó'o men and women (called layqaw) [8] learn the script primarily in order to memorize love songs. The goal is to learn as many songs as possible, and using the script to write the songs facilitates this process. The script is also used to write letters, notifications, and other documents.
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Jan 8, 2024 · The Hanunó’o language is spoken by the Mangyan people of the Philippines. It has a unique script, rich phonology, and diverse dialects. The language is primarily spoken in the Mangyan communities of Mindoro. Understanding Hanunó’o contributes to appreciating the linguistic and cultural heritage of the Mangyan people.
the case of the Hanunuo-Mangyan script, the only diacritic marks used are those expressing short vowel “e/i” and “o/u” (Postma, 1974). Buhid e/i o/u be/bi bo/bu ke/ki ko/ku de/di do/du Hanunuo e/i o/u be/bi bo/bu ke/ki ko/ku de/di do/du Figure 1: Samples of the Buhid and Hanunuo Mangyan syllabic scripts with diacritic marks.
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Hanunoo , also rendered Hanunó'o, is one of the scripts indigenous to the Philippines and is used by the Mangyan peoples of southern Mindoro to write the Hanunó'o language. It is an abugida descended from the Brahmic scripts, closely related to Sulat Tagalog, and is famous for being written vertical but written upward, rather than downward as nearly all other scripts . It is usually written ...
Nov 28, 2018 · Historically, young Hanunuo men and women learned the Hanunuo script in order to write each other love poems. The goal was to learn as many songs as possible, and using the script to write the songs facilitated this process. Nowadays they are more likely to use digital devices, which are unlikely to support the Hanunuo script.
Though modernization has forced the Hanunoos to learn English and Tagalog, they still retain proficiency in their own language and script. The Hanunoos’ writing system, called Surat Mangyan, is descended from the ancient Sanskrit alphabet. Its syllabary is composed of 18 characters; 3 vowels and 15 consonant-vowel combinations.
