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A living Philippine abugida.
The script used by the Hanunóo people of Mindoro, one of the Philippine scripts still in everyday use.
Writes the Hanunóo language, and remains in customary use for correspondence and courtship poetry.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Incised on bamboo rather than written on a surface, which is why the letters are built from straight cuts and why the writing runs away from the body of the writer.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Angular letters of short cut strokes, traditionally incised on bamboo and read upward away from the writer.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.