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After watching the short video clip showcasing Baybayin being committee-level-approved in the Philippines, I have reflected to agree to the few things mentioned in the video. The committee-level-approved House Bill No. 1022 or the National Writing System states that Baybayin will be the official writing system in the Philippines. What is Baybayin, you ask? Baybayin is the old writing system of the Philippines before the Spanish colonization. It was used by our ancestors back in the beginning of our history.

Having Baybayin brings great pride to us, the countrymen; because it is our own written language before any colonial influences that came to our country. But the question is that, “Would Baybayin be very accommodating to each and every Filipino if it will be used completely as the official writing system in the Philippines?” Because if you think of it, there are a lot of types of Baybayin. And one of the biggest issues here, which was also mentioned in the video, is that there are a lot of dialects here in the Philippines.  Plus, there are missing characters in Baybayin that we all use a lot which are the letters “j, v, and, f.” Not to mention, it is very complicated to write. So, how can we start learning Baybayin considering all these contradicting factors?

It is very understandable that historians and major protectors of the Philippine culture are opposed to the declaration of this bill because if you really think of it, Baybayin is an information that is too much to be in-sync with in this modern age. Maybe it was easy back in our early history when times weren’t too complicated and our culture, still being virgin. But now, after being through years of colonization, influence is inevitable. Our culture became flexible; it became adaptable through countless changes, and has found the medium of written and spoken language that we all use up until this age. I’m not saying that Baybayin is impossible to learn and be used as the official writing system here in the Philippines, but is it really that necessary to the point where we change our current writing system?

Did you know that the Ukrainian language has an alphabet with 33 letters based on the Cyrillic script (a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia), and that since the start of the Russian invasion the number of people studying Ukrainian on language app @duolingo increased globally (as of March 20) by 577%! These informative tidbits of information are revealed in a related post by @ukraine.ua — with 5 practical steps to get you started and motivated to learn the Ukrainian language, so it becomes more universally known and used around the world — in celebration of Ukrainian Literature and Language Day in Ukraine today. 🇺🇦📖💙💛🗣🇺🇦

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For centuries, our language has been fighting for its existence. Russia has been trying to eliminate the Ukrainian language and kill its loudest voices. Despite all evil plans, the Ukrainian language thrives and becomes even more popular both in Ukraine and worldwide 🇺🇦💪

This is a language of freedom and bravery, security and trust, support and love. From a small letter ‘ї’ written on the wall in the temporarily occupied territory to courageous and proud songs heard worldwide, we show that our language is invigorating, and so is our spirit.

Happy Ukrainian Literature and Language Day! 💙💛

Photos: Pavlo Kyrylenko, Emilio Morenatti, Efrem Lukatsky/Associated Press, Petro Andriushchenko.

Omg I wasn’t expecting anyone to do this how nice!

Unfortunately I can only read the Latin script but I’d really like to learn Greek at some point particularly because the writing system is new and groovy but not completely unfamiliar. In maths I’d see the letters and be like, “Yeah, those are cool. I appreciate being able to write πr2and work out what θ is but it would be cool to use them in actual words.”

I’ve heard good thing about the Korean writing system as well and it would be cool to learn a language with a writing system that’s not just simply one character after another. That would be a project for the distant future though.

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