Introduction of Badlit script
Badlit script / Suwat Bisaya/Sulat Bisaya (Baybayin Bisaya) - is an Ancient pre-Filipino writing system, it's member of the Brahmic family and closely related to other writing system in Southeast Asia, Badlit is an Abugida or an alpha-syllabary writing system, like most writing system used in Southeast Asia, where any consonants is pronounced with a vowel and using a diacritical marks to express other vowels. It is written from left to right and requires no spaces between words, space is use only after end of a sentence or punctuation, although in modern writing it usually contains spaces after each word to enhance readability.
Badlit script has 20 phonemes. There are Fifteen consonants: Ha, Pa, Ka, Sa, La, Ta, Na, Ba, Ma, Ga, Da, Ra, Ya, Nga and Wa There are five vowels: A, U, O, I, E Pantingog (vowels)
In ancient times, before the arrival of the Spanish in the Philippines, Bisaya had three vowels phonemes: /a/. /i/ and /u/. This was later expanded into five vowels with the introduction of Spanish words. the vowels are /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/ and /u/, 
Sinugdanan na Katingog (Primary consonants)
There are Fifteen basic consonants: 
Fifteen basic consonants of Suwat Bisaya b, k, d, g, h, m, n, ŋ, p, r, s, t, w, j, followed by the inherent vowel /a/ 'as shown above. Bisaya Consonant names depending on the points of articulation:
"Dala + " when points touches "Agi + " when air passes to points "Pugong + " covering the velum then release "Tulon + " covering the velum, air passes through nasal 
Kudlit (Diacritical marks)
Suwat Bisaya is an Abugida, cross between a syllabary and an alphabet writing system. They use the same basic consonants, this combine them with a Diacritical mark called a Kudlit, the kudlit allows you to change the default /a/ sound of any of the basic consonants character. 
Panulbok (Punctuation mark)
Records of Bisaya characters
Estudio de los antiguos alfabetos filipinos (1895) |
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