Buhid script
Buhid is a Brahmic script indigenous to the Philippines, closely related to Baybayin and Hanunó'o, and is used today by the Mangyans, found mainly on island of Mindoro, to write their language, Buhid.
Buhid (Mangyan Baybayin, Surat Mangyan) ᝊᝓᝑᝒ | |
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Type | |
Languages | Buhid |
Time period | c. 1300–present |
Parent systems | Proto-Sinaitic alphabet
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Sister systems | In the Philippines: Hanunó'o (Mangyan Baybayin, Surat Mangyan) In other countries: Balinese Batak Javanese Lontara Sundanese Rencong Rejang |
Direction | Left-to-right |
ISO 15924 | Buhd, 372 |
Unicode alias | Buhid |
Unicode range | U+1740–U+175F |
Structure
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.[1] Vowels at the beginning of syllables are represented by their own, independent characters. Syllables ending in a consonant are written without the final consonant.[2]
Buhid Vowels | |||||
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Initial | Dependent | ||||
transcription | a | i | u | i | u |
letter | ᝀ | ᝁ | ᝂ | ᝒ | ᝓ |
Buhid Syllables[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
transcription | k | g | ng | t | d | n | p | b | m | y | r | l | w | s | h | |||
consonant + a | ᝃ | ᝄ | ᝅ | ᝆ | ᝇ | ᝈ | ᝉ | ᝊ | ᝋ | ᝌ | ᝍ | ᝎ | ᝏ | ᝐ | ᝑ | |||
consonant + i | ᝃᝒ | ᝄᝒ | ᝅᝒ | ᝆᝒ | ᝇᝒ | ᝈᝒ | ᝉᝒ | ᝊᝒ | ᝋᝒ | ᝌᝒ | ᝍᝒ | ᝎᝒ | ᝏᝒ | ᝐᝒ | ᝑᝒ | |||
consonant + u | ᝃᝓ | ᝄᝓ | ᝅᝓ | ᝆᝓ | ᝇᝓ | ᝈᝓ | ᝉᝓ | ᝊᝓ | ᝋᝓ | ᝌᝓ | ᝍᝓ | ᝎᝓ | ᝏᝓ | ᝐᝓ | ᝑᝓ |
Note: With the proper rendering support, the Buhid syllable ki above (ᝃᝒ) should resemble a plus sign (+).
Buhid writing makes use of single (᜵) and double (᜶) punctuation marks.[1]
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:
Buhid[1][2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
U+174x | ᝀ | ᝁ | ᝂ | ᝃ | ᝄ | ᝅ | ᝆ | ᝇ | ᝈ | ᝉ | ᝊ | ᝋ | ᝌ | ᝍ | ᝎ | ᝏ |
U+175x | ᝐ | ᝑ | ᝒ | ᝓ | ||||||||||||
Notes |
Note: With the proper rendering support, the Buhid syllable ki above (ᝃᝒ) should resemble a plus sign (+).
Buhid writing makes use of single (᜵) and double (᜶) punctuation marks.[1]
See also
- Kulitan
- Kawi script
- Tagbanwa alphabet
- Filipino orthography
References
- "Chapter 17: Indonesia and Oceania" (PDF). Unicode Consortium. March 2020.
- Everson, Michael (1998-11-23). "N1933 Revised proposal for encoding the Philippine scripts in the UCS" (PDF).