Outside of textbooks, the language has made some inroads. Android and Apple users can download a Baybayin keyboard on the app stores, and active Facebook groups walk members through translations.

Baybayin is an ancient Philippine script that, for the most part, has ceased to exist in modern Filipino culture. That’s a shame though because it’s a reflection of the country’s rich ...

The technology company announced yesterday the inclusion of indigenous scripts Baybayin, Buhid, Tagbanwa (Aborlan) and Hanunuo in Gboard for Android, a virtual keyboard app developed by Google.

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.

Calligraphy workshops that are popular among crafty millennials usually involve European-style cursive and splashy watercolor backgrounds but what about the Philippines’ very own Baybayin? Baybayin is ...

One glance at Filipino social media and you will find a recurrent set of waves, twists and inverted heart shapes.