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Thank you Sining Baybayin advocates

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First thing first, I would like to thank Sining Baybayin in facebook/messenger for spending a portion of your advocate's time in spreading one of our ancient syllabic writing system and for having me as one of your tutees. Further readings on the subject of ancient Phillippine writing, one can be led to four scripts in the UNESCO as regards Philippine Paleographic Hanunuo, Tagbanwa, Buhid, and Ibalnan. Now four digital keyboards are available, the Ibalnan Baybayin, Hanunuo, Buhid and Tagbanwa. But while reading on the subject which did not even make it into the footnotes in our Philippine history during elementary and high school, I felt robbed. Wikipedia entry on Suyat made my eyes well. The Philippine ancient scripts abound and they are Kurdita, kulitan, baybayin, hanunuo, buhid, basahan, tagbanwa, badlit, kirim and Jawi. And I went, what? Why are we not introduced to these early on in our history classes? Why does our history have to start in 1521? I believe that the...