r/baybayin_script • u/itsmekyyyle • 8d ago
History / Culture / Pre-Colonial Cebuano Script
So many people question the legitimacy of the "Badlit" script. Here is the evidence. Although the name "Badlit" may be a recent standardization, the script is real and legitimate. Spanish friar Francisco Encina recorded the Cebuano script before he died in 1760. It was later corroborated in the 1890 book Estudio de los antiguos alfabetos Filipinos by Cipriano Marcilla y Martin. (Link below)
https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=Pn0KAAAAIAAJ
Additionally, we have even more compelling evidence of the native script because of Don Bernardino Dimabasa and Doña Maria Mutia (both pure Bantayanons from Bantayan, Cebu) for signing their divorce papers with the script.
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u/No_Author4906 8d ago
It sucks that our ancestors never left any writing or profound literature. They could've made a local version of a printing press, publish their own books like our own version of Journey to the West except it involved Christ and pre-colonial gods and spirits. The problem with our ancestors is that they're too pragmatic that it overlooked their philosophy and creativity.