- Source: Buhid script
Surat Buhid is an abugida used to write the Buhid language. As a Brahmic script indigenous to the Philippines, it closely related to Baybayin and Hanunó'o. It is still used today by the Mangyans, found mainly on island of Mindoro, to write their language, Buhid, together with the Filipino latin script.
There are efforts to reinvigorate the use of Surat Buhid. Buhid script use varies across Northern (Bansud area) and Southern Buhid (Bongabong) communities.
Structure
The Buhid script has 18 independent characters; 15 are consonants and 3 vowels. As an abugida, there are additional diacritic vowels. Consonants have an inherent /a/ vowel. The other two vowels are indicated by a diacritic above (for /i/) or below (for /u/) the consonant. Depending on the consonant, ligatures are formed, changing the shape of the consonant-vowel combination. Vowels at the beginning of syllables are represented by their own, independent characters. Syllables ending in a consonant are written without the final consonant.
The letter order of the Buhid alphabet Buhid, is based on phonetic principles that consider both the manner and place of articulation of the consonants and vowels they represent.
Buhid writing makes use of single ᜵ and double ᜶ danda punctuation marks.
Unicode
Buhid script was added to the Unicode Standard in March, 2002 with the release of version 3.2.
The Unicode block for Buhid is U+1740–U+175F:
See also
Kulitan
Kawi script
Tagbanwa alphabet
Filipino orthography
References
External links
About Buhid in omniglot.com
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Alfabet Latin
- Sistem penulisan di Asia Tenggara
- Alfabet Kiril
- Aksara Hanunó'o
- Aksara Nusantara
- Aksara Kapampangan
- Aksara Sunda Kuno
- Aksara Geʽez
- Aksara Kawi
- Rumpun suku bangsa Austronesia
- Buhid script
- Buhid
- Buhid language
- Baybayin
- Suyat
- Hanunoo script
- Tagbanwa script
- Kulitan
- Ethnic groups in the Philippines
- Thai script
