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Front Matter

Hanunoo

Traditional script of the Hanunuo people of Mindoro, Philippines.

ᜱ ᜰ ᜲ ᜳ ᜴ ᜵ ᜶ ᜠ
Era
Medieval
Region
SE Asia
System
Abugida
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Signs
18
Status
Endangered
Traditional script of the Hanunuo people of Mindoro, Philippines. Mangyan bamboo manuscripts in this script are inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World. The tradition of young people writing love poetry in this script as gifts continues to this day — making it one of the most romantically alive writing traditions in the world. Uniquely written bottom-to-top.
III

The Letters

Signs · Unicode · Types
Sample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Range 1U+1720–U+173F
Total signs18
In Unicode23
Unicode Blocks
Hanunoo
1720 – 173F
23 chars→
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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Reading Mechanics

Direction · Method
↔
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
아래→위 (BTT), 세로쓰기
α
System
Abugida
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
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The Lineage

Family · Descendants
Phylogeny
Descendants of hieroglyphs
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family

Ancestors

Brahmi Script

Same family

SundaneseBrahmi ScriptDevanagariBengali (Bangla)GujaratiGurmukhi (Punjabi)Tamil ScriptTelugu Script
VII

In the World

Usage · Reach

Languages

Hanunoo

Countries

Philippines