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Description:
The
Abakada alphabet
is an
indigenized
Latin alphabet
of the
Tagalog
language of the
Philippines
. The alphabet, which contains 20
letters
, was created by
Lope K. Santos
in 1940. The alphabet was officially adopted by the
Institute of National Language
() to be used as an alphabet for the
Tagalog-Based National Language
(), otherwise known as the
National Language
(
Filipino
:
Wikang Pambansâ
).
Order/Collation of the Abakada alphabet
History
During the
Pre-Hispanic Era
,
Old Tagalog
was written using the
Kawi
or the
Baybayin
script. Dr.
José Rizal
, the national hero of the Philippines, initially suggested to indigenize the alphabet of the Philippine languages by replacing the letters
C
and
Q
with
K
. Based on Rizal's indigenization proposal, the Abakada became the alphabet for the
Tagalog
language.
At present, all
languages of the Philippines
may be written using the
Modern Filipino alphabet
, which includes all the letters of the Abakada alphabet.
Relationship of the Abakada alphabet to Baybayin script
Abakada is arranged this way. Inside the quotation marks are the names 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
-......
...
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