Hanunoo script

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/}}.{{cite book

| first=Harold C.

| last=Conklin

| title=Fine Description: Ethnographic and Linguistic Essays

| year=2007

| publisher=Yale University Southeast Asia Studies

| location=New Haven

| pages=320–342}} Other syllables are written by modifying each of these characters with one of two diacritics (kudlit) which change the vowel sound to /i/ or /u/. The glyph for /la/ is the same as that for /ra/ but /li/ and /ri/ are distinct, as are /lu/ and /ru/. There are three independent vowels (phonetically preceded by a glottal stop, transliterated as q).{{cite book

| first=Peter

| last=Daniels

|author2=William Bright

| title=The World's Writing Systems

| year=1996

| publisher=Oxford University Press

| location=New York

| pages=481–484}}

Final consonants are not written, and so must be determined from context.

Dutch anthropologist Antoon Postma, who went to the Philippines from the Netherlands in the 1950s, introduced the pamudpod virama ({{Script|Hano|᜴}}) to indicate a syllable final consonant. The pamudpod is also used in modern Baybayin.

The script makes use of single ( {{Script|Hano|᜵}} ) and double ( {{Script|Hano|᜶}} ) danda punctuation characters.{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode13.0.0/ch17.pdf#G26723|title=Chapter 17: Indonesia and Oceania|publisher=Unicode Consortium|date=March 2020}}

File:Hanunoo-Mangyan Alternative Letters Ra Wu.jpg

File:Bayi, a bamboo bow from Mindoro.jpg, inscribed with Hanunó'o]]

The 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.

Young Hanunó'o men and women (called layqaw){{cite book|title=T.L.S. (Times literary supplement)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X-s3AAAAIAAJ|year=1966|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=204|quote= 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.

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.

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;Hanunoo text

{{langx|hnn|label=none|{{Script|Hano|ᜰᜲ ᜠᜩᜳ ᜪ ᜢ ᜩ ᜧ{{br}}

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 ᜶}}}}

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;Hanunoo text with pamudpod

{{langx|hnn|label=none|{{Script|Hano|ᜰᜲ ᜠᜬ᜴ᜩᜳᜧ᜴ ᜪᜬ᜴ ᜢ ᜥ ᜧᜨ᜴{{br}}

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᜶}}}}

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;Transliteration

{{langx|hnn|label=none|Si ay-pod bay u- pa- dan{{br}}

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.}}

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;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}}

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{{Main article|Hanunoo (Unicode block)}}

The Unicode range for Hanunó'o is U+1720–U+173F:

{{Unicode chart Hanunoo}}

• Baybayin
• Buhid script
• Tagbanwa alphabet
• Kawi script
• Filipino orthography
• Kulitan
• See multilingual support for fonts supporting Hanunó'o

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• [http://iloko.tripod.com/hanuscript.gif The Entire Hanunóo script]
• [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/hanunoo.htm Hanunóo script written clearly]

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