Abakada

Abakada is the indigenized Latin alphabet of most Philippine languages and was the original alphabet of the "Wikang Pambansa Batay sa Tagalog" (lit. "Tagalog-Based National Language") or simply "Wikang Pambansa" (lit. "National Language"). [ [http://wika.pbwiki.com/Kasaysayan Mga Probisyong Pangwika sa Saligang-Batas] ] The abakada is made up of 20 letters.

History

Before the arrival of the Spanish, most Philippine languages were written using the Baybayin syllabry. The Spaniards introduced the Latin script to the Philippines and, until the first half of the 20th century, Philippine languages were widely written in a variety of ways based on Spanish orthography. It was Jos Rizal who, years ago, first proposed the indigenization of Philippine writing. [http://www.silinternational.org/asia/philippines/ical/papers/pangilinan-Dispute%20on%20Orthography.pdf#search=%22siuala%22/] .

When the "Wikang Pambansa Batay sa Tagalog" was introduced, grammarian Lope K. Santos created a new alphabet consisting of 20 letters called "Abakada" in school grammar books called "balarilà". Based on Rizal's indigenization proposal, the "abakada" became the alphabet for both Tagalog and the Tagalog-Based National Language, and was eventually adopted by other Philippine languages.

Collation

Abakada is arranged this way. Inside the quotation marks is the name of the letters.:A - "A":B - "Ba":K - "Ka":D - "Da":E - "E":G - "Ga":H - "Ha":I - "I":L - "La":M - "Ma":N - "Na":NG - "Nga":O - "O":P - "Pa":R - "Ra":S - "Sa":T - "Ta":U - "U":W - "Wa":Y - "Ya"

Notes

# Kautusang Pangkagawaran Blg. 7

ee also

*Baybayin, the pre-Hispanic Philippine writing system
*Filipino orthography