The Filipino Saturday School in Blacktown organised the Learn Tagalog and Baybayin Script program to introduce the script and language to Filipino Australians who want to explore their heritage.

For Jay Enage, 50, one of the few Baybayin instructors in the country, the language is a crucial puzzle piece to Filipino identity. “The writing is visual. So that’s why it’s powerful.

Baybayin, an ancient Filipino syllabary (written characters that represent syllables) is in the midst of a mini resurgence. New generations of Filipinos in Winnipeg are reclaiming the script ...

Tagalog forms the basis of the standardised national language of the Philippines Baybayin was widely used before Spanish colonisation and has 17 characters - 14 consonants and three vowels.

Harvard University’s Department of South Asian Studies will hire a preceptor to teach Tagalog, marking the first time the University will offer courses in the language.

Ally Gonzalo is on a mission to remain connected with their homeland. The Filipino-Canadian immigrated to Canada in the summer of 2016 but is determined never to lose touch with their culture and what ...

Baybayin, an ancient Filipino syllabary (written characters that represent syllables) is in the midst of a mini resurgence. New generations of Filipinos in Winnipeg are reclaiming the script ...

The syllabary predates the colonization of the Philippines and was previously a lost language. In online and in-person tutorials, younger Filipino-Canadians are learning Baybayin. ... Ancient Filipino ...