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2/23/2015 Baybayin Styles & Their Sources http://www.mts.net/~pmorrow/baychart.htm 1/4 Baybayin Styles & Their Sources Although it is commonly believed that each province in the Philippines had its own ancient alphabet, Spanish writers of the 16th century reported that the practice of writing was found only in the Manila area at the time of first contact. Writing spread to the other islands later, in about the middle of the 1500s. For this reason, the Spaniards usually called the ancient Filipino script "Tagalog letters," regardless of the language for which it was used. The baybayin script, as it is known today, fell out of use in most areas by the end of the 1600s. In the 19th century, historians gathered old samples of baybayin writing from various sources and locations and assembled them in charts for comparison, noting the source location or language of each specimen. Most of these same historians came to the conlcusion that all the variations in the letter shapes were due to the tastes and writing styles of the idividuals who wrote the original specimens and not due to regional differences. In other words, there was only one baybayin. But, in the 20th century many writers copied the comparison charts into their school textbooks with little or no explanation attached. Thus most readers were led to believe that each sample of writing was a different alphabet according to its title in the chart. There was actually much more variation in the handwriting from one individual to the next, even within the same geographical region, than there is in this chart of supposedly distinct alphabets. Compare this chart to the examples of baybayin writing on the pages, The Baybayin as Written by Filipinos and Baybayin Handwriting of the 1600s. (Read more about baybayin variants in the main article.) This is a chart of some baybayin forms and the original source of each. They are sorted chronologically and grouped by their familiar region names but they are not distinct alphabets from different regions or languages; they are only variations of typestyles and handwriting. There are details for each below.

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    BaybayinStyles&TheirSourcesAlthoughitiscommonlybelievedthateachprovinceinthePhilippineshaditsownancientalphabet,Spanishwritersofthe16thcenturyreportedthatthepracticeofwritingwasfoundonlyintheManilaareaatthetimeoffirstcontact.Writingspreadtotheotherislandslater,inaboutthemiddleofthe1500s.Forthisreason,theSpaniardsusuallycalledtheancientFilipinoscript"Tagalogletters,"regardlessofthelanguageforwhichitwasused.

    Thebaybayinscript,asitisknowntoday,felloutofuseinmostareasbytheendofthe1600s.Inthe19thcentury,historiansgatheredoldsamplesofbaybayinwritingfromvarioussourcesandlocationsandassembledtheminchartsforcomparison,notingthesourcelocationorlanguageofeachspecimen.Mostofthesesamehistorianscametotheconlcusionthatallthevariationsinthelettershapeswereduetothetastesandwritingstylesoftheidividualswhowrotetheoriginalspecimensandnotduetoregionaldifferences.Inotherwords,therewasonlyonebaybayin.But,inthe20thcenturymanywriterscopiedthecomparisonchartsintotheirschooltextbookswithlittleornoexplanationattached.Thusmostreaderswereledtobelievethateachsampleofwritingwasadifferentalphabetaccordingtoitstitleinthechart.

    Therewasactuallymuchmorevariationinthehandwritingfromoneindividualtothenext,evenwithinthesamegeographicalregion,thanthereisinthischartofsupposedlydistinctalphabets.Comparethischarttotheexamplesofbaybayinwritingonthepages,TheBaybayinasWrittenbyFilipinosandBaybayinHandwritingofthe1600s.(Readmoreaboutbaybayinvariantsinthemainarticle.)

    Thisisachartofsomebaybayinformsandtheoriginalsourceofeach.Theyaresortedchronologicallyandgroupedbytheirfamiliarregionnamesbuttheyarenotdistinctalphabetsfromdifferentregionsorlanguagestheyareonlyvariationsoftypestylesandhandwriting.Therearedetailsforeachbelow.

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    Doctrina1593

    FromtheDoctrinaChristiana,enlenguaespaolaytagalaprintedin1593.TheTagalogtextwasbasedmainlyonamanuscriptwrittenbyFr.JuandePlacencia.FriarsDomingodeNievaandJuandeSanPedroMartyrsupervisedthepreparationandprintingofthebook,whichwascarriedoutbyanunnamedChineseartisan.Thisistheearliestexampleofthebaybayinthatexiststodayanditistheonlyexamplefromthe1500s.Thesampleshownismyownfontbasedonthefacsimile,DoctrinaChristiana,TheFirstBookPrintedinthePhilippines,Manila,1593.NationalHistoricalInstitute,Manila,1973.2ndprinting,1991.

    Chirino1604

    FromRelacindelasIslasFilipinasbyPedroChirino,publishedin1604.ThesampleshownisfromRelacindelasIslasFilipinas,ThePhilippinesin1600.Manila[HistoricalConservationSociety],1969.TheletterAmayhavebeenprintedbackward,soIhavereverseditforthischart.

    Lopez1620

    FromLibroanaisurtanamintibagstiDoctrinaCristiana...writtenbyFranciscoLopezin1620butbearingthepublishingdateof1621.ThisexamplewasscannedfromthechartinDr.IgnacioVillamor'sLaAntiguaEscrituraFilipina(1922)p.103.SeeBaybayinVariantsformoreinformationaboutthistypefaceandFinalConsonantsforinformationaboutLopez'smodificationofthebaybayin.

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    Mntrida1637

    FromAlonsodeMntrida'sArtedelalenguaBisayaHiligaynadelaisladePanay,1637.Mntrida'sfonthasbeenlistedinsomechartsastheVisayanalphabet.However,likeotherearlySpanishwriters,MntridaconsideredallthevariantlettershapestobepartofonePhilippinescript.Hewrotethefollowingabouthistypeface:

    ItistobenotedthatourBisayanshavesomeletterswithdifferentshapes,whichIplaceherebuteventheythemselvesdonotagreeontheshapesoftheirlettersforthisreason,andbecauseofthelimitedtypesavailable,IhaveshownthecharactersaccordingtotheTagalogs.B12

    ThissamplewastakenfromthewebsitePromotoraEspaoladeLingistica(PROEL,http://www.proel.org/alfabetos/bisaya.htm,bisaya3.gif)ItwasprobablybasedonachartbyJuanR.Franciscoinhiswork"PhilippinePalaeography"inthePhilippineJournalofLinguistics,specialmonograph3,1973.

    Ezguerra1663

    FromDomingoEzguerra'sArtedelalenguaBisayaenlaprovinciadeLeyte,1663.AccordingtoWilliamH.Scott,thelettersthatEzguerrarecorded"containwhatareprobablyengraver'serrorsforexample,theuseofamarginalcheckmarknormaltoSpanishusageofthetime,torepresenttwodifferentlettersofthealphabet".(Scott,1994,p.95)ThesewereprobablythealternateformsoftheAandtheI/EandpossiblythealternateformoftheDa.TherewasnocharacterforYa.IhavemovedthealternateI/Eintothatposition.Theotheralternatelettersarenotshownhere.ThissamplewasalsotakenfromthewebsitePromotoraEspaoladeLingistica(PROEL,http://www.proel.org/alfabetos/bisaya.htm,bisaya3.gif)ItwasprobablybasedonachartbyJuanR.Franciscoinhiswork"PhilippinePalaeography"inthePhilippineJournalofLinguistics,specialmonograph3,1973.

    Benavente1699

    Froma1699manuscriptbyFr.AlvarodeBenavente,ArteyVocabulariodelalenguaPampanga,citedinKapampnganorCapampgan:SettlingtheDisputeontheKapampnganRomanizedOrthography(2006)byMichaelRaymonM.Pangilinan.ThisisprobablythesourceoftheKapampanganexampleofSinibaldodeMas.(Seebelow)

    SanAgustn1703

    FromGaspardeSanAgustn'sCompendiodelalenguaTagalawrittenin1703andpublishedin1787.ThesampleshownwasscannedfromPreSpanishManila,AreconstructionofthePreHistoryofManila,byJesusT.Peralta&LucilaA.Salazar.NationalHistoricalInstitute,Manila,1974.2ndprinting,1993.p.78.ReproducedfromCiprianoMarcillayMartn'sEstudiodelosantiguosalfabetosFilipinos,1895

    Hilario1962

    FromtheunpublishedbookBayungSunis(1962)byZoiloHilariooftheAkademyangKapampangan.Althoughthisstylewasbasedonhistoricalexamples,itwasactuallyHilario'sownpersonalhandwritingstyle.ThesampleshownhereisfromaphotographbyZoiloHilarioinKapampanganWriting:ASelectedCompendiumandCritiquebyEvangelinaHilarioLacson(1984).ManythankstoMichaelRaymonM.Pangilinan(a.k.a.SiuldingMengbie)forprovidingthesourceinformation.

    Hervs1787

    FromSaggiopratticodellelingueconprolegomenieunaraccoltadiOrazioniDomincaleinpiditrecentolingueedialetti,1787(PracticalexamplesoflanguageswithprologuesandacollectionoftheLord'sprayerinover300languagesanddialects)byLorenzoHervsyPandura.BecausethisbookwasnotwrittenspecificallyaboutthePhilippinesorPhilippinelanguages,Ibelievethatthetypestyleistakenfromanearliersource.ItmostcloselyresemblesEzguerra'stypefaceof1663.Thesampleshownhereismyownfont.ItwasbasedontwoAustrianbooksthatreproducedCebuanotextinthisfont,IllustrirteGeschichtederSchrift(TheIllustratedHistoryofWriting)byKarlFaulman,1880andSprachenhalle(HallofLanguages)byAloisAuer,1847.TherewasnoletterforWatheU/Ocharacterwasusedinsteadinthesedocuments.TheRsoundwasrepresentedbytheletterDainBisayanwordsandtheLacharacterwasusedforSpanishwords.ThescansofthesedocumentswereprovidedbyMr.WolfgangKuhl.

    Jacquet1831

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    FromEugneJacquet's"Noticesurl'alphabetYlocouIlog"inConsidrationssurlesalphabetsdesPhilippines,1831.ThesampleshownhereisareconstructionoftwolowresolutionscansofachartbyJuanR.Franciscoinhiswork"PhilippinePalaeography"inthePhilippineJournalofLinguistics,specialmonograph3,1973.Hischart,inturn,wasbasedonexamplesinabookbyPardodeTavera,Contribucinparaelestudiodelosantiguosalfabetosfilipinos.Thescansweredownloadedfromtwowebsites:AlibataatPandesalbyTerrioEchavez(http://alibataatpandesal.com/pilipino.htmlpilipino.jpg)andPromotoraEspaoladeLingistica(PROEL,http://www.proel.org/alfabetos/tagalo5.gif).SomeexamplesfromDavidDiringer'sTheAlphabet,AKeytotheHistoryofMankind(Thirdedition,1968.p.298)wereusedtoreconstructtheblurredimagesofthescans.Diringer'ssourcewasFletcherGardner'sPhilippinneIndicStudiesof1943.

    Enrile1835

    FromCarcteresantguosconlosqueescribianestosNaturalesdelTagalogyCamarnes(AncientcharacterswithwhichthesenativesoftheTagalogsandCamarinesusedtowrite"),thePascualEnrilecollection18oftheBibliotecadelMuseoNavalinMadrid.(ms.2287,doc.32:214214v.)PhotocopyprovidedbyDr.MalcolmWarrenMintz.

    Mas1843

    FromthechartbySinibaldodeMasySansinInformesobreelestadodelasIslasFilipinasen1842Vol.1.Madrid,1843.AlloftheexamplesbyMaswerecopiedintoPedroPaterno'schartCuadroPaleografico(1890).TheseexamplesarefromthereproductionofSinibaldodeMas'chartinWilliamHenryScott'sBarangay,SixteenthCenturyPhilippineCultureandSociety,1994,p.214.

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