José Rizal was one of several proponents (including Trinidad Pardo de Tavera) of reforming the orthographies of the various Philippine languages in the late 19th-century. Main article: Tagalog language § Writing systemĭuring the pre-Hispanic era, Old Tagalog was written using the Kawi or the Baybayin script.įor three centuries Tagalog was written following, to some extent, the Spanish phonetic and orthographic rules.ĭr. Minuscule forms (also called lowercase or small letters) Majuscule forms (also called uppercase or capital letters) This is also the reason for the system’s name. When spelling or naming each consonant, its sound is always pronounced with an "a" at the end (e.g. The collation of letters in the Abakada closely follows those of other Latin-based spelling systems, with the digraph ng inserted after n. The Abakada alphabet has since been superseded by the modern Filipino alphabet adopted in 1987. The alphabet was officially adopted by the Institute of National Language ( Filipino: Surián ng Wikang Pambansâ). Santos for the newly-designated national language based on Tagalog.
The alphabet, which contains 20 letters, was introduced in the grammar book developed by Lope K. The Abakada alphabet was an "indigenized" Latin alphabet adopted for the Tagalog-based Filipino national language in 1940. For other uses, see Tagalog alphabet (disambiguation).
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