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.

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).