Mutya

Mutya, or Mutyang Baybayin, was designed by E.M. Rentoria as an alternative way to write Filipino. It is a calligraphic version of the Baybayin script for ornamental use. It also has influences from the Thai and Lanna scripts.

Notable features

Type of writing system: abugida
Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines
Used to write: Filipino
Each consonant has an inherent vowel which is changed or muted with vowel marks
There are several styles of Mutya: Chailai Mutya, Lakandiwa Mutya and Mutyang Payak

Mutya Script

Mutya script

Sample texts

Sample text in Mutya

Transliteration

Ang lahat ng tao'y isinilang na malaya at pantay-pantay sa karangalan at mga karapatan. Sila'y pinagkalooban ng katwiran at budhi at dapat magpalagayan ang isa't isa sa diwa ng pagkakapatiran.

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Sample text in Mutya

Transliteration

Aling pag-ibig pa ang hihigit kaya
sa pagkadalisay at pagkadakila
gaya ng pag-ibig sa tinubuang lupa?
Alin pag-ibig pa? Wala na nga, wala.

Translation

What is more greater
in the purest and cherished
like the love for the country?
What is greatest? Nothing, nothing.
A poem by Andres Bonifacio

Information about Filipino

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