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| type = AbugidaHanunó'o language>Hanunó'o, Tagalog| fam1 = Proto-Sinaitic script[a]|footnotes=[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon.| fam2 = Phoenician alphabet[a]| fam3 = Aramaic alphabet[a]Brahmi script>BrāhmÄ«Pallava alphabet>PallavaKawi script>Kawi| fam7 = Baybayin| sisters = In the Philippines:Buhid (Mangyan Baybayin, Surat Mangyan)Kulitan (Súlat Kapampángan)Tagbanwa scriptIbalnan scriptIn Indonesian Archipelago:BalineseBatakJavaneseLontaraSundaneseRencongRejang1300}}–present| unicode = U+1720–U+173F| iso15924 = Hano| sample = Hanunoo script sample.svg| imagesize = 220px| note = none}}{{Use mdy dates|date = February 2019}}{{Short description|Abugida indigenous to Mindoro, Philippines}}{{Use American English|date = February 2019}}{{special characters||characters=Hanunuo script|image=Hanunoo script sample, syllables nga ngi ngu.svg|special=Hanunoo text}}{{brahmic}}Hanunoo ({{IPA-tl|hanunuʔɔ|IPA}}), also rendered Hanunó'o, is one of the scripts indigenous to the Philippines and is used by the Mangyan peoples of southern Mindoro to write the Hanunó'o language.WEB,weblink Protect all PH writing systems, heritage advocates urge Congress, April 27, 2018, JOURNAL It is an abugida descended from the Brahmic scripts, closely related to Sulat Tagalog, and is famous for being written vertical but written upward, rather than downward as nearly all other scripts (however, it is read horizontally left to right). It is usually written on bamboo by incising characters with a knife.WEB

Structure

Fifteen basic characters of the Hanunó'o script each represent one of the fifteen consonants {{IPA|/p/ /t/ /k/ /b/ /d/ /ɡ/ /m/ /n/ /ŋ/ /l/ /r/ /s/ /h/ /j/ /w/}} followed by the inherent vowel {{IPA|/a/}}.BOOK Dutch anthropologist Antoon Postma, who went to the Philippines from the Netherlands in the 1950s, introduced the pamudpod virama({{Script|Hano| ᜴{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}}}) to indicate a syllable final consonant. The pamudpod is also used in modern Baybayin.{| class="wikitable"|+Vowels and diacriticss=Hanol=hnnch=ᜠ}}s=Hanol=hnnch=ᜡ}}s=Hanol=hnnch=ᜢ}}s=Hanol=hnnch=-}}|s=Hanol=hnnch= ᝒ}}s=Hanol=hnnch= ᝓ}}s=Hanol=hnnnote=pamudpod|ch= ᜴{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}}}{| class="wikitable"|+Hanunó'o syllables and final consonantsiso=kacolor=tealch=ᜣ}}iso=gacolor=tealch=ᜤ}}iso=ngacolor=tealch=ᜥ}}iso=tacolor=tealch=ᜦ}}iso=dacolor=tealch=ᜧ}}iso=nacolor=tealch=ᜨ}}iso=pacolor=tealch=ᜩ}}iso=bacolor=tealch=ᜪ}}iso=macolor=tealch=ᜫ}}iso=yacolor=tealch=ᜬ}}iso=racolor=tealch=ᜭ}}iso=lacolor=tealch=ᜮ}}iso=wacolor=tealch=ᜯ}}iso=sacolor=tealch=ᜰ}}iso=hacolor=tealch=ᜱ}}iso=kicolor=tealch=ᜣᜲ|top=ᜣ + ᝒ}}iso=gicolor=tealch=ᜤᜲ|top=ᜤ + ᝒ}}iso=ngicolor=tealch=ᜥᜲ|top=ᜥ + ᝒ}}iso=ticolor=tealch=ᜦᜲ|top=ᜦ + ᝒ}}iso=dicolor=tealch=ᜧ|top=ᜧ + ᝒ}}iso=nicolor=tealch=ᜨᜲ|top=ᜨ + ᝒ}}iso=picolor=tealch=ᜩᜲ|top=ᜩ + ᝒ}}iso=bicolor=tealch=ᜪᜲ|top=ᜪ + ᝒ}}iso=micolor=tealch=ᜫᜲ|top=ᜫ + ᝒ}}iso=yicolor=tealch=ᜬᜲ|top=ᜬ + ᝒ}}iso=ricolor=tealch=ᜭᜲ|top=ᜭ + ᝒ}}iso=licolor=tealch=ᜮᜲ|top=ᜮ + ᝒ}}iso=wicolor=tealch=ᜯᜲ|top=ᜯ + ᝒ}}iso=sicolor=tealch=ᜰᜲ|top=ᜰ + ᝒ}}iso=hicolor=tealch=ᜱᜲ|top=ᜱ + ᝒ}}iso=kucolor=tealch=ᜣᜳ|top=ᜣ + ᝓ}}iso=gucolor=tealch=ᜤᜳ|top=ᜤ + ᝓ}}iso=ngucolor=tealch=ᜥᜳ|top=ᜥ + ᝓ}}iso=tucolor=tealch=ᜦᜳ|top=ᜦ + ᝓ}}iso=ducolor=tealch=ᜧᜳ|top=ᜧ + ᝓ}}iso=nucolor=tealch=ᜨᜳ|top=ᜨ + ᝓ}}iso=pucolor=tealch=ᜩᜳ|top=ᜩ + ᝓ}}iso=bucolor=tealch=ᜪᜳ|top=ᜪ + ᝓ}}iso=mucolor=tealch=ᜫᜳ|top=ᜫ + ᝓ}}iso=yucolor=tealch=ᜬᜳ|top=ᜬ + ᝓ}}iso=rucolor=tealch=ᜭᜳ|top=ᜭ + ᝓ}}iso=lucolor=tealch=ᜮᜳ|top=ᜮ + ᝓ}}iso=wucolor=tealch=ᜯᜳ|top=ᜯ + ᝓ}}iso=sucolor=tealch=ᜰᜳ|top=ᜰ + ᝓ}}iso=hucolor=tealch=ᜱᜳ|top=ᜱ + ᝓ}}iso=-kcolor=tealch=ᜣ᜴{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}|top=ᜣ + ᜴}}iso=-gcolor=tealch=ᜤ᜴{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}|top=ᜤ + ᜴}}iso=-ngcolor=tealch=ᜥ᜴{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}|top=ᜥ + ᜴}}iso=-tcolor=tealch=ᜦ᜴{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}|top=ᜦ + ᜴}}iso=-dcolor=tealch=ᜧ᜴{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}|top=ᜧ + ᜴}}iso=-ncolor=tealch=ᜨ᜴{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}|top=ᜨ + ᜴}}iso=-pcolor=tealch=ᜩ᜴{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}|top=ᜩ + ᜴}}iso=-bcolor=tealch=ᜪ᜴{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}|top=ᜪ + ᜴}}iso=-mcolor=tealch=ᜫ᜴{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}|top=ᜫ + ᜴}}iso=-ycolor=tealch=ᜬ᜴{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}|top=ᜬ + ᜴}}iso=-rcolor=tealch=ᜭ᜴{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}|top=ᜭ + ᜴}}iso=-lcolor=tealch=ᜮ᜴{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}|top=ᜮ + ᜴}}iso=-wcolor=tealch=ᜯ᜴{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}|top=ᜯ + ᜴}}iso=-scolor=tealch=ᜰ᜴{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}|top=ᜰ + ᜴}}iso=-hcolor=tealch=ᜱ᜴{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}|top=ᜱ + ᜴}}The script makes use of single ( {{Script|Hano|᜵}} ) and double ( {{Script|Hano|᜶}} ) danda punctuation characters.WEB,weblink Chapter 17: Indonesia and Oceania, Unicode Consortium, March 2020,

Direction of writing

(File:Hanunoo-Mangyan Alternative Letters Ra Wu.jpg|thumb|Hanunó'o alternative letters ra and wu.)File:Bayi, a bamboo bow from Mindoro.jpg|thumb|A bamboo bow (bayi,BOOK, Harold C. Conklin, Hanunóo-English Vocabulary,weblink 1953, University of California Press, 79, báyi (1): a hunting bow, usually of bamboo; frequently extended to mean bow and arrows collectively. báyi (2): the bamboo part of a gitgit (violin) bow, {{Script|Hano|ᜪᜬᜲ}}) from Oriental MindoroOriental MindoroThe Hanunó'o script is conventionally written away from the body (from bottom to top) in columns which go from left to right. Within the columns, characters may have any orientation but the orientation must be consistent for all characters in a text. The characters are typically vertical with the /i/ diacritic on the left and the /u/ on the right, or horizontal with the /i/ on the top and the /u/ on the bottom. Left-handed people often write in mirror image, which reverses both the direction of writing (right to left instead of left to right) and the characters themselves.

Learning the script

Young Hanunó'o men and women (called layqaw)BOOK, T.L.S. (Times literary supplement),weblink 1966, Oxford University Press, 204, layqaw refers to a category of 'marriageable but unmarried youth', learn the script primarily in order to memorize love songs. The goal is to learn as many songs as possible, and using the script to write the songs facilitates this process. The script is also used to write letters, notifications, and other documents. The characters are not memorized in any particular order; learners typically begin by learning how to write their name. Literacy among the Hanunó'o people is high despite a lack of formal education in the script.

Examples

The Hanunó'o people's poetry, Ambahan, consists of seven syllable lines inscribed onto bamboo segments, nodes, musical instruments or other materials using the tip of a knife. Charcoal and other black pigments are then used to make the characters stand out. The poems represent a Mangyan's personal thoughts, feelings or desires. It is recited during social occasions (without accompaniment), in courting ceremonies or when requested.{{col-float}}

Hanunoo text

ᜨᜳ ᜣ ᜦᜲ ᜨ ᜤᜲ ᜧ ᜫ{{br}}ᜫ ᜢ ᜮ ᜫ ᜧᜲ ᜣ ᜨ{{br}}ᜫ ᜦ ᜣᜲ ᜫ ᜧᜲ ᜣ ᜯ{{br}}ᜨᜳ ᜣ ᜦᜲ ᜨ ᜤᜲ ᜧᜳ ᜫ{{br}}ᜤ ᜰᜲ ᜬᜳ ᜧᜲ ᜰ ᜠ ᜥ{{br}}ᜤ ᜩ ᜦ ᜧ ᜬᜳ ᜧ ᜫ ᜶}}}}{{col-float-break|style=padding-left:1em;border-left:1px solid #ccc; margin-right:1em}}

Hanunoo text with pamudpod

ᜨᜳ ᜣᜥ᜴ ᜦᜲ ᜨ ᜤᜲᜨ᜴ᜧᜳ ᜫᜨ᜴{{br}}ᜫᜬ᜴ ᜦ ᜣᜲᜩ᜴ ᜫ ᜧᜲ ᜣᜬ᜴ ᜯᜨ᜴{{br}}ᜫᜳ ᜣᜥ᜴ ᜦᜲ ᜨ ᜤᜲᜨ᜴ ᜧᜳ ᜫᜨ᜴{{br}}ᜤ ᜰᜲ ᜬᜳᜨ᜴ ᜧᜲ ᜰ ᜠᜧ᜴ ᜥᜨ᜴{{br}}ᜤ ᜩᜤ᜴ ᜦᜥ᜴ᜧ ᜬᜳᜨ᜴ ᜧᜲ ᜫᜨ᜴᜶}}}}{{col-float-break|style=padding-left:1em;border-left:1px solid #ccc; margin-right:1em}}

Transliteration

No kang ti- na gin-du- man{{br}}May u- lang ma- di kag-nan{{br}}May ta- kip ma di kay-wan{{br}}Mo kang ti- na gin-du- man{{br}}Ga si- yon di sa ad- ngan{{br}}Ga pag- tang-da- yon di-man.}}{{col-float-break|style=padding-left:1em;border-left:1px solid #ccc; margin-right:1em}}

English

You my friend, dearest of all,{{br}}thinking of you makes me sad;{{br}}rivers deep are in between{{br}}forests vast keep us apart{{br}}But thinking of you with love;{{br}}as if you are here nearby{{br}}standing, sitting at my side.{{br}}{{col-float-end}}

Unicode

The Unicode range for Hanunó'o is U+1720–U+173F:{{Unicode chart Hanunoo}}

See also

• Baybayin
• Buhid script
• Tagbanwa alphabet
• Kawi script
• Filipino orthography
• Kulitan
• See (Help:Multilingual_supportHanun.C3.B3.27o|multilingual support) for fonts supporting Hanunó'o

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

• The Entire Hanunóo script
• Hanunóo script written clearly

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