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01Front Matter04The Letters06Mechanics07Lineage08In the World
SCRIPTA · HANUNUO
01Front Matter04The Letters06Mechanics07Lineage08In the World
01OVERVIEW

Front Matter

SCRIPT · PROFILE

Hanunuo

Script of the Hanunuo Mangyan people of Mindoro, Philippines.

ᜠ ᜡ ᜢ ᜣ ᜤ
Era
Medieval
Region
SE Asia
System
Abugida
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Signs
23
Status
Endangered
Script of the Hanunuo Mangyan people of Mindoro, Philippines. Their bamboo manuscripts are inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World register. Notably, 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.
04SPECIMEN

The Letters

Signs · Unicode · Types
Sample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Range 1U+1720–U+173F
Total signs23
In Unicode23
Unicode Blocks
Hanunoo
1720 – 173F
23 chars→
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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06MECHANICS

Reading Mechanics

Direction · Method
↔
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Written left to right, bottom to top.
α
System
Abugida
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
Keyboard layout data not yet available.
07LINEAGE

The Lineage

Family · Descendants
Phylogeny
Ancestors & descendants
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family

Same family

Buginese (Lontara)BuhidShan ScriptKawi ScriptBaybayin (Tagalog Script)
08REACH

In the World

Usage · Reach

Languages

Hanunuo

Countries

Philippines
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