Bagoyin    <em>Bagoyin</em>

Created by Joseph Barretto, bagoyin is a writing system based on the Tagalog script. Bagoyin comes from bagong baybayin, or "new script".

Bagoyin came about after a mental game of "what if". What if the Spaniards had allowed the Filipinos to retain use of their script? What if the script had evolved in form and new letters were added to encompass foreign sounds? Bagoyin is one imagined outcome.

Notable features

Bagoyin alphabet

Changing Vowel Sounds

Bagoyin vowel

Letters

The top row shows the evolved baybayin letters. Below the line are the derivatives used for new letters not in the original Tagalog alphabet.

Bagoyin letters

Sample text in the Bagoyin alphabet

Sample text in the Bagoyin alphabet

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)

If you have any questions about bagoyin, you can contact Joseph Barretto at joopynyc[at]yahoo[dot]com

Information about Tagalog | Baybayin script | Phrases | Numbers | Time | Tongue twisters | Tower of Babel | Books about Tagalog on: Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk [affilate links]

Other scripts invented by Joseph Barretto:

Bagoyin, Empisava, Kapunuan

Constructed scripts for: Ainu | Arabic | Chinese languages | Dutch | English | Hawaiian | Hungarian | Japanese | Korean | Lingala | Malay & Indonesian | Persian | Tagalog / Filipino | Russian | Sanskrit | Spanish | Taino | Turkish | Vietnamese | Welsh | Other natural languages | Colour-based scripts | Tactile scripts | Phonetic/universal scripts | Constructed scripts for constructed languages | Adaptations of existing alphabets | Fictional alphabets | Magical alphabets | A-Z index | How to submit a constructed script

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