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A colonial fix for a real defect.
Also known as: Spanish kudlit, Cross kudlit
The script cancelling the inherent vowel in Baybayin, added under Spanish influence.
Cancels the inherent vowel of a Baybayin letter, allowing a final consonant to be written.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Introduced by a Spanish friar in the seventeenth century because the script could not write syllable-final consonants, and rejected by many writers at the time — a documented case of a script reform being offered and declined.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
A small cross set beneath the letter, cancelling its inherent vowel.