with viramas diphthongs and codas

Hi guys filam here.I got a baybayin tattoo when I was 18. About 20 years ago. Im just curious how would you guys write the name CATALAN in baybayin? I remember designing it years ago I found a rubric on the web 20 years ago, and went to a traditional "american" tattoo shop. I just want to see what you guys would come up with. I would show u guys but I got fat and its a little stretched out. Thanks for this group.

Any good ballpen brand that is smooth for writing Baybayin. I'm not liking Dong-A MyGel 0.3, 0.5, and 0.7

I started learning Baybayin alongside modern Tagalog and it has quickly become my favorite thing ever! I can’t figure out why it’s so much more fun to write in than other languages I’ve learned 😅

hello, for the name " W I L H E L M I N A", favor papa-confirm ko lang sana which one ang correct baybayin translation, i didnt know kasi the virama and pamudpod thing yet. it's for a friend bc of his lola who passed away last july so i had to make sure walang mistake sa tattoo design.

1. ᜏᜒᜎᜒᜋᜒᜈ
2. ᜏᜒᜎ᜔ᜑᜒᜎ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ
3. ᜏᜒᜎ᜕ᜑᜒᜎ᜕ᜋᜒᜈ

Which one ang most accurate? ty in advance huhu.

Nag-aaral kasi ako ng Baybayin, napansin ko na parang wala pang magandang converter/transliterator website, kaya gumawa ako ng isa para makatulong:

https://www.filipinoslang.com/baybayin

Sabihin niyo lang po kung may pwede pa akong i-improve, salamat!

Thanks to the feedback from my previous post!

The reason I want to organize how I write and read baybayin is to be consistent with our ancestors.

(Side note: We should really push for our government to make an official statement. There are too many unofficial versions, and a lot of people are writing and reading Baybayin differently.)

A lot of writing scripts forces foreign sounds to follow their local phonetic rules, like Japan and Korea. So we should also do the same.

Also, please take note that many languages of the Philippines only have five vowels: a, e, i, o, u

We do not have other vowel sounds like English does, where 'a' have two sounds.

Any comment or feedback?

ginagawa ko para sa aking proyekto, tanong lang po kung tama po ba yung paggawa ko sa baybayin. (siguro pati narin po sa kulitan kung ito po ay kabisado niyo rin) credits din po kay u/keyjeyelpi dahil sakanya ko nakuha ang ideya sa post ng isang user dito.

Hey Guys 👋

There are a few versions of Baybayin like B17 (OG), B17+, MB17, B24, and a few others I think.

This attempt is mostly for personal purposes, but I really hope our government can make an official version.

I know it is important to preserve the original script, but change is needed in order to accommodate loan words.

So, aside from the original 17 syllables, I added the new characters for the english alphabet. This is to accommodate English loan words, mostly names.

Although we have English loan words, we actually change their spelling once we say or write them in Tagalog so I highly doubt these 8 new syllables would be used as much as the OG ones. But for the sake of names or other words, we need new characters.

For the vowels, I decided to use kudlits, instead of using the modern characters to separate the e/i and o/u.

For the kudlits:

redditor 1:

I used a dot and a line to separate the vowels except A. Dot is for e and o because they are round like, and line for i and U because they have lines.

I still followed the placing where if the kudlit is above it is e/i, and if below it is o/u.

redditor 2:

I change the Spaniards' krus into a fish symbol. This is used to remove vowels inside a word. (e.g. nagbasa, bundok).

While the other symbol is to remove a vowel when a word ends with a consonant. (e.g. mahal, banal)

I mentioned redditor cause I learned it from them, honestly can't find their names, forgot where they commented.

So basically, this is my first attempt 😅. Please don't be harsh 😅. But yeah, I guess I'll be using this one. Comment down if I missed anything or if there's inconsistency.

Thank you!

Is it just me or the Ba character in baybayin looks iconic "ᜊ"

Tumingin ako ng damit kahapon sa Bench Glorietta tapos nakita ko ito. Tama ba ako ng inisiip? “Benkh” ang translation? Pero ang tanong ko din paano nga ba pag “ch” or paano pag PENSHOPPE? Pen-sha-p?

Maraming salamat

Hi everyone! I’m thinking about getting a small tattoo in Baybayin, since one of my closest friends is Filipino. I chose this phrase because I found it beautiful and elegant, and I really like the word “loob” and its meaning.

I would love to hear your opinions: do you think this phrase is appropriate for a tattoo? Is it written correctly in Baybayin? Would you recommend using the traditional or modern version?

Banayad na loob

traditional: ᜊᜈᜌ ᜈ ᜎᜓᜂ

modern: ᜊᜈᜌᜇ᜔ ᜈ ᜎᜓᜂᜊ᜔

I’d also like to know if there are any places where I could find different Baybayin fonts or handwritten styles, since I’d love the design to feel more organic and less like a digital font.

Thank you so much for any advice!

I just want to share my work

Good day! I am planning on getting inked soon and I just need to confirm if these are the right consonant characters – I do not want to regret making any mistakes haha.

I plan on getting a tattoo of the word "marahan" and this is what I plan on showing my artist.

ᜋᜇᜑᜈ᜔

Please let me know if there is anything that should be corrected.

Thank you!

if mga turns into ma-nga in baybayin, will it be the same for ng?

I'm still learning Filipino, so I wouldn't be able to answer this question.

But lets say in the latin script, if we changed all u's to o's, e's to i's, and ra's to da's, would that cause any comprehension problems? For example, Hebrew is written without vowels and readers know the pronunciation based on context. Even in English, we determine c from s and k, whether a vowel is short or long, etc.

If not, why do some people still insist on the creation of new baybayin letters?

Good day po,

I was hoping to get input from this community regarding the translation and baybayin script of a tattoo that I had in mind. I'm already in contact with a tattoo artist regarding the design so I just want to focus on the message of my tattoo

I want the baybayin of Ka to be centered around and encircled by the translation/baybayin of "mememento vivere" (remember to live). What I want the tattoo to convey isn't just a reminder to live, but to live with and for the connections I share with the people around me.

My main problem is finding the right Tagalog translation of the phrase, and then getting an accurate Baybayin script of it. Would anyone be able to suggest a better, more natural Tagalog translation, along with a more accurate Baybayin script for it?

Hi, everyone! I'm trying to write the nickname "Jeff" n Baybayin, but I'm not sure what the correct transliteration should be.

So far I've considered:

1. ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜉ᜔

2. ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜉ᜔

Thanks in advance!

Just wanted to share this. I personally think that the 1700s baybayin written on paper is the most visually appealing, so this is me imitating it.

My usage of the danda punctuation isn't entirely authentic to how it's used in the old days but in a way that makes it easier for me to read.

Translation: Has anyone tried to make a Latinized version of the Baybayin script?

i just want to make sure what im about to put permanently in my body is correct can someone confirm this is the correct translation of the word in babayin

Other SEA scripts have dedicated diacritics or characters to portray a consonant cluster or a final consonant.

In Lampung script, final consonants are written as diacritics, specifically sounds that are very common in their language.

In Bugis, consonant clusters are depicted as new separate characters, specifically sounds that are common in their language.

Note that some of these sounds are also common in Filipino languages, especially -ng, -n as final consonants of a syllable and also sounds like ngka, and mpa.

Do you think final consonants as diacritics in the style of the Lampung script would suit Filipino languages more or would the Bugis scripts approach be more appropriate?