Kulitan

Kulitan
Pamagkulit, Súlat Kapampángan
Modern Kulitan script
Script type
Time period
Old Kapampangan
c.1600s[1] – 1900s
Modern Kulitan
1900s – present
DirectionRight-to-left script, top-to-bottom Edit this on Wikidata
LanguagesKapampangan
Related scripts
Parent systems
Sister systems
In the Philippines:
Baybayin
Buhid
Hanunó'o
Tagbanwa script
In other countries:
Balinese
Batak
Javanese
Lontara
Sundanese
Rencong
Rejang
 This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.
Brahmic scripts
The Brahmi script and its descendants
Northern Brahmic
Southern Brahmic

Kulitan, also known as súlat Kapampángan and pamagkulit, is one of the various indigenous suyat[3] writing systems in the Philippines. It was used for writing Kapampangan, a language mainly spoken in Central Luzon, until it was gradually replaced by the Latin alphabet.

Kulitan is an abugida, or an alphasyllabary — a segmental writing system in wherein consonant–vowel sequences are written as a unit and possess an inherent vowel sound that can be altered with use of diacritical marks. There is a proposal to encode the script in Unicode by Anshuman Pandey, from the Department of Linguistics at UC Berkeley.[4] There are also proposals to revive the script by teaching it in Kapampangan-majority public and private schools.[3]

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  1. ^ "Kulitan alphabet and Kapampangan language and pronunciation". www.omniglot.com.
  2. ^ Morrow, Paul. "Baybayin Styles & Their Sources". paulmorrow.ca.
  3. ^ a b Orejas, Tonette (27 April 2018). "Protect all PH writing systems, heritage advocates urge Congress". newsinfo.inquirer.net.
  4. ^ Pandey, Anshuman (October 5, 2015). "Towards an encoding for Kulitan in Unicode" (PDF).