The Ancient Baybayin Scripts Network (ABSN) is a community of open forum academic exchange and discussion on the ancient writing scripts and writing systems of the Philippines.

Alibata is an ancient writing system that was used in what is now the Philippines. Although it was all but exstinguished by Western colonization, variants of it are still used in parts of Mindoro and Palawan, and it is also increasingly used by Filipino youth as a way to express their identity.

A baybayin translation website. This program works best with the Tagalog language. Foreign words, or words with English or Spanish roots may not be translated correctly.

Start here for a trip back to ancient Philippines. When you return, you might just feel prouder that you are Filipino. Includes articles on: the Laguna copperplate inscription, literacy in pre-Hispanic Philippines, and mystery scripts of the Philippines.

Ancient writing system.

The ancient filipino writing.

Baybayin an ancient filipino alphabet

Tagalog and Visayan alibata gif files (ancient Filipino scripts), pandesal recipe available in FTP download area; also find other historical information about the Philippines.

Ang baybayin ay ang pinakalumang wika sa Pilipinas. Ang baybayin ay naging alibata. Ang mga sagisag ay ang mga pantig sa Tagalog. Pinalitan ng mga Kastila ang alibata sa Latin ng alpabeto o letra ng dumating sila. Mula sa Tagalog page ng University of Pennsylvania.

An info blog about Baybayin Script (The Philippine Native Script a.k.a. Alibata) and related subjects. This is also the source for Nordenx Baybayin Modern Fonts info, updates, download, images, and links.

Baybayin (incorrectly known as Alibata) is a pre-Filipino writing system from the islands known as the "Philippines."

Artist Ray Haguisan's page: O a, an artist who specializes in a technique called Pyrography "writing with fire" using a woodburning tool. My art is primarily focused on the use of the ancient Philippine script, the Baybayin, and have been an avid Baybayin practitioner and artist since 1994. Born from the frustration of observing a lack of identity in our community, I established Malaya Designs in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1997. The first and original company anywhere to offer; handcrafted wearable art using natural mediums of wood, bamboo or leather featuring the Baybayin script. Through my art, I aspire to preserve, promote, propagate and educate in the discovery of a rich Filipino culture.

Filipino history, language, pop culture and other completely unrelated stuff by Paul Morrow, a Canadian from Manitoba.

The oldest known example of writing in the Philippines dates from 900 AD. The various writing systems of the Philippines, which were widely used when the Spanish arrived in 1521, are thought to have been invented to keep records of trade transactions and were later used for literature and other purposes - from Omniglot, a guide to writing systems.

The Tagbanwa alphabet is one of a number of closely related scripts used in the Philippines until the 17th Century AD - from Omniglot, a guide to writing systems.

Awesome customized baybayin-inspred jewelry.