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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.
Hanunoo (IPA:), 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.
Hanunuo and Buhid Mangyan of Mindoro, together with the Tagbanua and Palaw-an of Palawan Island, kept alive their pre-Spanish syllabic scripts. The preservation of their scripts was largely due to their isolation from the Christianized Filipinos. To recognize the priceless contribution of
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Nov 4, 2020 · Together with their northern neighbor the Buhids, the Hanunuo possess a pre-Spanish writing system, considered to be of Indic origin, with characters expressing the open syllables of the language [Postma, 1981]. This syllabic writing system, called Surat Mangyan, is being taught in several Mangyan schools in Mansalay and Bulalacao.
POPULATION: 7,000-13,000 (2000) LANGUAGE: Hanuno'o. RELIGION: Traditional animism; some Catholicism. RELATED ARTICLES: Vol. 3: Filipinos. INTRODUCTION. The Hanuno'o are the best known of the various groups called "Mangyan" living in the interior of the island of Mindoro.
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.
Nov 28, 2018 · The Mangyan Heritage Center has started teaching the Hanunuo Mangyan Syllabic Script in Mangyan public elementary and secondary schools, partnering with the Department of Education to give a one hour once a week schedule for each class in selected schools. The Center has a Primer to Mangyan Script which they use to teach the script.
