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 was the written language of the Philippines before colonization. In 1999, American Filipinos permanently preserved the language through getting tattoos.

The Tagalog script baybayin fell out of use after Filipinos were made to adopt Spanish under colonial rule, but scholars are pushing to resurrect it A young artist has created a card game to teach ...

Why Baybayin is not widely used Despite widespread interest in the script as well as a pending House bill—HB No. 4395, the National Script Act of 2011—do not expect Tagalog Baybayin to suddenly become ...