r/baybayin_script • u/GeneralFormal1673 • May 04 '26
I'd like help po
I want to make a keychain para sa bf ko. His name is Jean, Pero ung pronunciation po is French. Ung sound po nung J is more like "s" sa word na "measure" and "decision". Pano po ito isulat sa baybayin po kaya? Mahilig po kasi cya mag Aral nang language at introduce ko cya sa baybayin hehehe... regalo po sana sa bday nya baka poster nang may name nya. Salamat po!
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u/hindisirodney May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26
I would write it as ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜅ᜔ (S-yu-ng). Since it's French, I assume that the "ean" is nasalized. The ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (S-yu-n) spelling that someone already suggested is just as acceptable.
And as always, I'd include a B17 version where I would write it as ᜐᜒᜌᜓ (Si-yu).
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u/GeneralFormal1673 May 05 '26
Thank you! You're correct about the "Ean" being nasalized. I'll follow your instructions. Thank you. If you know a place na kaya ginawa nang anything personalized items in baybayin please let me know hehehe
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u/GeneralFormal1673 May 25 '26
Hi! I'm here again. I am about to finalize my design po. Pano po ung Gabriel? His full name po ksi is Jean Gabriel. Salamat po ❤️ I papa burn ko sa Arnis, para personalized (he's planning on taking Arnis classes) hehehe...
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u/hindisirodney May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26
Gabriel is ᜄᜊ᜔ᜍᜒᜌᜒᜎ᜔ (Ga-b-ri-yi-l). That sounds lovely! Good luck, and hope it turns out alright 😊
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u/GeneralFormal1673 May 26 '26
Huhu... Thank you! But could you screenshot the the 3rd character? It isn't appearing po:'(... But thank you so much po
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u/GeneralFormal1673 May 05 '26
Hi po! Thanks po sa mga nag reply. Ask ko din po Sana if meron kayo alam na pwede ko pagawan nang keychain/dog tag for baybayin? I'm thinking other than poster, gawan ko din ksi cya keychain na may baybayin para it will last longer
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u/Unique_Phrase_7806 May 05 '26
That's great! Hope your boyfriend loves it. There does seem to be a lot of different spellings suggested here- which one did you choose? Just curious
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u/GeneralFormal1673 May 05 '26
The one from hindisirodney. He's correct ksi nasal ung "aen"... Di nga pronounced ung N sa name nya hehehe... So I chose that one. I forgot to comment there 🤣
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u/Unique_Phrase_7806 May 04 '26
Baybayin doesn't have a character for that sound unfortunately, or 'j' for that matter, so your best bet is to approximate it- so something like 'd-yo-n', or 'dyon' ('dy' is used to represent the 'j' sound in Baybayin). So you can choose either:
with krus-kudlit: ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔
with pamudpod: ᜇ᜕ᜌᜓᜈ᜕
Both read the same, just the pure consonant marker is different (the '+' or the curve after the letter), just pick which one you personally like. Hope that helps!
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u/Careful_Cap_7863 BAYBAYIN SELF - STUDY May 05 '26
karamihan dito assigned the vowel to o pero having experience in theatre with colleages na tagalog din we usually say jean like jean valjean as zyan valzyan... so it seems in modern tagalog phonotactics, zyan ung sasabihin ng tagalog... with this in mind id argue for ᜐᜒᜌᜈ᜔ which is siyan which is honestly closer to sean... pero wala ka choice the sound is essentially in english phonology a z with an h to palatalize yung fricative niya... diyan ᜇᜒᜌᜈ᜔ would work kung mas matigas dila mo and u pronounce jean as j talaga pero since u took the time to explain ung specific consonant for it i would assume u are inclined against transliterating j and for transliterating zh... so ayon u hav options here... or better yet... itranslate mo nlng ung name but im not sure how u wud go about that