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Tagalog (Baybayin, Alibata)

Tglg Left-to-right Living Abugida Southeast Asian
Sample Text
ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔

About Tagalog (Baybayin, Alibata)

Tagalog (Baybayin, Alibata) is a Living writing system from the Southeast Asian region. It reads Left-to-right. It is registered in the ISO 15924 standard under the code Tglg.

Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.

Script Family & Lineage

Ancestor Chain
Brahmi › Tagalog (Baybayin, Alibata)

Frequently Asked Questions

What type of writing system is Tagalog (Baybayin, Alibata)?
Tagalog (Baybayin, Alibata) is an Abugida. Abugidas (alphasyllabaries) use consonant characters with an inherent vowel modified by diacritics.
What direction does Tagalog (Baybayin, Alibata) read?
Tagalog (Baybayin, Alibata) is written Left-to-right, the same direction as most European scripts.
How many languages use the Tagalog (Baybayin, Alibata) script?
0 languages use Tagalog (Baybayin, Alibata) according to Unicode CLDR data.
When was the Tagalog (Baybayin, Alibata) script created?
The exact origin of the Tagalog (Baybayin, Alibata) script is not precisely documented.

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Key Facts

ISO Code
Tglg
ISO Number
370
Script Type
Abugida
Direction
Left-to-right
Status
Living
Region
Southeast Asian
Languages
0

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